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I sent to you my servants, the prophets, but you killed them and mutilated their corpses. I will make you pay for murdering them.
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"The Lord Almighty says: Your Temple is abandoned. I will scatter you like straw blown away by the wind.
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Your children will have no descendants because they rejected my commandments and did what I hated, just as you did.
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I will give your home to a people that is about to appear. They will believe me, even though they have not yet heard of me. They will do what I command, even though I never performed any miracles for them.
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They have not seen the prophets, but they will live by their ancient teachings.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.