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13 “How horrible it will be for these people.
    They have run away from me.
    They must be destroyed because they’ve rebelled against me.
        I want to reclaim them, but they tell lies about me.
14 They don’t pray to me sincerely,
    even though they cry in their beds
        and make cuts on their bodies
            while praying for grain and new wine.
    They have turned against me.
15 I trained them and made them strong.
    Yet, they plan evil against me.

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13 Woe(A) to them,
    because they have strayed(B) from me!
Destruction to them,
    because they have rebelled against me!
I long to redeem them
    but they speak about me(C) falsely.(D)
14 They do not cry out to me from their hearts(E)
    but wail on their beds.
They slash themselves,[a] appealing to their gods
    for grain and new wine,(F)
    but they turn away from me.(G)
15 I trained(H) them and strengthened their arms,
    but they plot evil(I) against me.

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  1. Hosea 7:14 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts They gather together