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They were well-fed lusty stallions,
    each neighing for his neighbor’s wife.
Shall I not punish them for these things?
                says the Lord;
    and shall I not avenge myself
    on a nation such as this?

10 “Go up through her vine-rows and destroy,
    but make not a full end;
strip away her branches,
    for they are not the Lord’s.

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They are well-fed, lusty stallions,
    each neighing for another man’s wife.(A)
Should I not punish them for this?”(B)
    declares the Lord.
“Should I not avenge(C) myself
    on such a nation as this?

10 “Go through her vineyards and ravage them,
    but do not destroy them completely.(D)
Strip off her branches,
    for these people do not belong to the Lord.

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