The Lord’s First Lament

What am I going to do with you, Ephraim?(A)
What am I going to do with you, Judah?
Your love is like the morning mist(B)
and like the early dew that vanishes.

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when I heal Israel,(A)
the iniquity of Ephraim(B) and the crimes of Samaria(C)
will be exposed.
For they practice fraud;(D)
a thief breaks in;
a raiding party pillages outside.(E)

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I have known only you(A)
out of all the clans of the earth;
therefore, I will punish you for all your iniquities.(B)

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12 For I know your crimes are many
and your sins innumerable.
They oppress the righteous,(A) take a bribe,
and deprive the poor of justice(B) at the city gates.

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