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Your kindred and your father’s house, even they betray you; they have recruited a force against you. Do not believe them, even when they speak fair words to you.(A)

The Lord’s Complaint

I have abandoned my house,
    cast off my heritage;
The beloved of my soul I have delivered
    into the hand of her foes.(B)
My heritage has become for me
    like a lion in the thicket;
She has raised her voice against me,
    therefore she has incurred my hatred.(C)

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Your relatives, members of your own family—
    even they have betrayed you;
    they have raised a loud cry against you.(A)
Do not trust them,
    though they speak well of you.(B)

“I will forsake(C) my house,
    abandon(D) my inheritance;
I will give the one I love(E)
    into the hands of her enemies.(F)
My inheritance has become to me
    like a lion(G) in the forest.
She roars at me;
    therefore I hate her.(H)

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