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13 I will punish her for the days of the Baals,
    when she burned incense to them
and adorned herself with her earrings and her jewelry,
    and pursued her lovers,
    but forgot Me,
    declares the Lord.

God’s Mercy on Israel

14 Therefore, I will allure her,
    and bring her into the wilderness,
    and speak tenderly to her.
15 From there, I will give her vineyards to her,
    and the Valley of Achor as a door of hope.
She will respond there as in the days of her youth,
    and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.

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