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But I was like a gentlelambled to the slaughter; And I did not know that they had devisedplotsagainst me, saying, "Let us destroy the tree with its fruit, And let us cut him off from the land of the living, That his name be rememberednomore."
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But, O LORD of hosts, who judgesrighteously, Who tries the feelings and the heart, Let me see Your vengeance on them, For to You have I committed my cause.
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Thereforethussays the LORDconcerning the men of Anathoth, who seek your life, saying, "Do not prophesy in the name of the LORD, so that you will not die at our hand ";
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therefore, thussays the LORD of hosts, "Behold, I am about to punish them! The youngmen will die by the sword, their sons and daughters will die by famine;