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1 Meanwhile, right-living people die and no one gives them a thought. God-fearing people are carted off and no one even notices. The right-living people are out of their misery, they're finally at rest.
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1 The righteous perish, and no one ponders it in his heart; devout men are taken away, and no one understands that the righteous are taken away to be spared from evil.
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2 They lived well and with dignity and now they're finally at peace.
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2 Those who walk uprightly enter into peace; they find rest as they lie in death.
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3 "But you, children of a witch, come here! Sons of a slut, daughters of a whore.
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3 "But you--come here, you sons of a sorceress, you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes!
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4 What business do you have taunting, sneering, and sticking out your tongue? Do you have any idea what wretches you've turned out to be? A race of rebels, a generation of liars.
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4 Whom are you mocking? At whom do you sneer and stick out your tongue? Are you not a brood of rebels, the offspring of liars?
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5 You satisfy your lust any place you find some shade and fornicate at whim. You kill your children at any convenient spot - any cave or crevasse will do.
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5 You burn with lust among the oaks and under every spreading tree; you sacrifice your children in the ravines and under the overhanging crags.
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6 You take stones from the creek and set up your sex-and-religion shrines. You've chosen your fate. Your worship will be your doom.
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6 [The idols] among the smooth stones of the ravines are your portion; they, they are your lot. Yes, to them you have poured out drink offerings and offered grain offerings. In the light of these things, should I relent?
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