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Even your relatives have turned against you.
    They are members of your own family.
    They have shouted loudly at you.
They might say nice things about you.
    But do not trust them.

“I will turn my back on my people.
    I will desert my land.
I love the people of Judah.
    In spite of that, I will hand them over to their enemies.
My land has become to me
    like a lion in the forest.
It roars at me.
    So I hate it.

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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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