| The Message (MSG) | New International Version (NIV) |
| 2 Predictably, Israel cries out, 'My God! We know you!' But they don't act like it. | 2 Israel cries out to me, 'O our God, we acknowledge you!' |
| 3 Israel will have nothing to do with what's good, and now the enemy is after them. | 3 But Israel has rejected what is good; an enemy will pursue him. |
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