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But you will not destroy people anymore or take away their children again." This is what the Lord God said.

"I will not let those other nations insult you anymore. You will not be hurt by them anymore. You will not take the children away from your people again." This is what the Lord God said.

They will live on the land that I gave to my servant Jacob. Your ancestors lived in that place, and my people will live there. They and their children and their grandchildren will live there forever. My servant David will be their leader forever.

You will divide it as a property for yourselves and for the foreigners who live among you and who have had children among you. These foreigners will be residents—they will be like natural born Israelites. You will divide some land for them among the tribes of Israel.

Then the king gave a command to bring the men who had accused Daniel to the lions' den. The men and their wives and children were thrown into the lions' den. The lions grabbed them before they hit the floor. The lions ate their bodies and then chewed on their bones.

This was the Lord 's first message to Hosea. The Lord said, "Go, marry a prostitute who has had children as a result of her prostitution. Do this because the people in this country have acted like prostitutes—they have been unfaithful to the Lord ."

"In the future the number of the people of Israel will be like the sand of the sea, which you cannot measure or count. In the same place that God told them, ‘You are not my people,' he will call them ‘children of the Living God.'

I will have no pity on her children because they are the children of prostitution.

"My people are destroyed because they have no knowledge. You priests have refused to learn, so I will refuse to let you be priests for me. You have forgotten the law of your God, so I will forget your children.

They have not been faithful to the Lord . Their children are from some stranger. And now, he will destroy them and their land again.

But even if the Israelites do raise their children, it will not help, because I will take the children away from them. I will leave them, and they will have nothing but troubles."

I can see that Ephraim is leading his children into a trap. Ephraim will lead his children out to the killer.

So your armies will hear the noise of battle, and all your fortresses will be destroyed. It will be like the time Shalman destroyed Beth Arbel. At that time of war, mothers were killed with their children.

I, the Lord , will roar like a lion, and my children will come and follow me. They will come from the west, shaking with fear.

Samaria must be punished because she turned against her God. The Israelites will be killed with swords. Their children will be torn to pieces, and their pregnant women will be ripped open."

You will tell these things to your children, and your children will tell their children, and your grandchildren will tell the people of the next generation.

Bring the people together. Call for a special meeting. Bring together the old men, the children, and the small babies still at their mothers' breasts. Let the bride and her new husband come from their bedroom.

The Lord God made a promise. He promised by his holiness that troubles will come to you. People will use hooks and take you away as prisoners. They will use fishhooks to take away your children.

So cut off your hair, make yourself bald, because you will cry for the children you love. Make yourself bald like an eagle and show your sadness, because your children will be taken away from you.

You have taken nice houses away from the women of my people. You have taken my wealth away from their small children forever.