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You are Israel’s only hope.
    You save us when we’re in trouble.
Why are you like a stranger to us?
    Why are you like a traveler who stays for only one night?
Why are you like a man taken by surprise?
    Why are you like a soldier who can’t save anyone?
Lord, you are among us.
    And we are your people.
    Please don’t desert us!

10 The Lord gave Jeremiah a message about these people. The Lord said,

“They really love to wander away from me.
    Their feet go down the wrong path.
I do not accept these people.
    I will remember the evil things they have done.
    I will punish them for their sins.”

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You who are the hope(A) of Israel,
    its Savior(B) in times of distress,(C)
why are you like a stranger in the land,
    like a traveler who stays only a night?
Why are you like a man taken by surprise,
    like a warrior powerless to save?(D)
You are among(E) us, Lord,
    and we bear your name;(F)
    do not forsake(G) us!

10 This is what the Lord says about this people:

“They greatly love to wander;
    they do not restrain their feet.(H)
So the Lord does not accept(I) them;
    he will now remember(J) their wickedness
    and punish them for their sins.”(K)

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