<p class="poetry">If only<n id="1" /> you will respond<n id="2" /> to my rebuke,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">then<n id="4" /> I will pour<n id="5" /> out my thoughts<n id="6" /> to youp> <p class="poetry">and<n id="7" /> I will make<n id="8" /> my words known to you.p>

But if you ever turn away and make alliances with<n id="1" /> these nations that remain near you,<n id="2" /> and intermarry with them and establish friendly relations with them,<n id="3" />

<p class="bodytext">So it happened that the Jews who were living near them came and warned us repeatedly<n id="1" /> about all the schemes<n id="2" /> they were plotting<n id="3" /> against us.p>

For if you return to the <sc>Lordsc>, your brothers and sons will be shown mercy by their captors and return to this land. The <sc>Lordsc> your God is merciful and compassionate; he will not reject you<n id="1" /> if you return to him.&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;I thought to myself,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8216;Oh what a joy it would be for me to treat you like a son!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">What a joy it would be for me to give<n id="3" /> you a pleasant land,p> <p class="poetry">the most beautiful piece of property there is in all the world!&#8217;<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">I thought you would call me, &#8216;Father&#8217;<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">and would never cease being loyal to me.<n id="6" />p>