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You are no better than animals,
and you always want sex
    with someone else's wife.

Why shouldn't I punish
    the people of Judah?
10 I will tell their enemies,
    “Go through my vineyard.
Don't destroy the vines,
    but cut off the branches,
because they are the people
    who don't belong to me.”

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They are well-fed, lusty stallions,
    each neighing for another man’s wife.(A)
Should I not punish them for this?”(B)
    declares the Lord.
“Should I not avenge(C) myself
    on such a nation as this?

10 “Go through her vineyards and ravage them,
    but do not destroy them completely.(D)
Strip off her branches,
    for these people do not belong to the Lord.

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