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Thussays the LORD, "Where is the certificate of divorce By which I have sent your motheraway? Or to whom of My creditors did I sell you? Behold, you were sold for your iniquities, And for your transgressions your mother was sentaway.
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"Why was therenoman when I came? When I called, why was therenone to answer? Is My handsoshort that it cannotransom? Orhave I nopower to deliver? Behold, I dry up the sea with My rebuke, I make the rivers a wilderness; Their fishstink for lack of water And die of thirst.
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"I clothe the heavens with blackness And makesackcloth their covering."
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The LordGOD has given Me the tongue of disciples, That I may know how to sustain the wearyone with a word. He awakens Me morning by morning, He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple.
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Who is among you that fears the LORD, That obeys the voice of His servant, That walks in darkness and hasnolight? Let him trust in the name of the LORD and rely on his God.
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Behold, all you who kindle a fire, Who encircle yourselves with firebrands, Walk in the light of your fire And among the brands you have setablaze. This you will have from My hand: You will liedown in torment.