they did not know that I was their healer. How could I give you up, O Ephraim, or deliver you up, O Israel? How could I treat you as Admah, or make you like Zeboiim? My heart is overwhelmed, my pity is stirred. I will not give vent to my blazing anger, I will not destroy Ephraim again; For I am God and not man, the Holy One present among you; I will not let the flames consume you. (Hosea 11:1, 3–4, 8–9, NAB) Finally, for the last five minutes of this faith exercise read aloud slowly these three texts: But look, I am going to seduce her and lead her into the desert and speak to her heart. There
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