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For even your brothers, and the house of your father,
    even they have dealt treacherously with you!
    Even they have cried aloud after you!
Don’t believe them,
    though they speak beautiful words to you.

“I have forsaken my house.
    I have cast off my heritage.
    I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.
My heritage has become to me as a lion in the forest.
    She has uttered her voice against me.
    Therefore I have hated her.

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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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