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“I have abandoned my nation.
    I have left my own people.
    I have handed the people I love over to their enemies.
My people have turned on me like a lion in the forest.
    They roar at me, so I hate them.
My people are like a colorful bird of prey.
    Other birds of prey surround it.
    Go, gather all the animals in the field,
        and bring them to devour it.

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“I will forsake(A) my house,
    abandon(B) my inheritance;
I will give the one I love(C)
    into the hands of her enemies.(D)
My inheritance has become to me
    like a lion(E) in the forest.
She roars at me;
    therefore I hate her.(F)
Has not my inheritance become to me
    like a speckled bird of prey
    that other birds of prey surround and attack?
Go and gather all the wild beasts;
    bring them to devour.(G)

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