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29 "Why do you bring charges against me? You have all rebelled against me," declares the LORD.
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29 "Why do you bring charges against me? You have all rebelled against me," declares the LORD.
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30 "In vain I punished your people; they did not respond to correction. Your sword has devoured your prophets like a ravening lion.
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30 "In vain I punished your people; they did not respond to correction. Your sword has devoured your prophets like a ravening lion.
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31 "You of this generation, consider the word of the LORD: "Have I been a desert to Israel or a land of great darkness? Why do my people say, 'We are free to roam; we will come to you no more'?
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31 "You of this generation, consider the word of the LORD: "Have I been a desert to Israel or a land of great darkness? Why do my people say, 'We are free to roam; we will come to you no more'?
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32 Does a maiden forget her jewelry, a bride her wedding ornaments? Yet my people have forgotten me, days without number.
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32 Does a maiden forget her jewelry, a bride her wedding ornaments? Yet my people have forgotten me, days without number.
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33 How skilled you are at pursuing love! Even the worst of women can learn from your ways.
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33 How skilled you are at pursuing love! Even the worst of women can learn from your ways.
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34 On your clothes men find the lifeblood of the innocent poor, though you did not catch them breaking in. Yet in spite of all this
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34 On your clothes men find the lifeblood of the innocent poor, though you did not catch them breaking in. Yet in spite of all this
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35 you say, 'I am innocent; he is not angry with me.' But I will pass judgment on you because you say, 'I have not sinned.'
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35 you say, 'I am innocent; he is not angry with me.' But I will pass judgment on you because you say, 'I have not sinned.'
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36 Why do you go about so much, changing your ways? You will be disappointed by Egypt as you were by Assyria.
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36 Why do you go about so much, changing your ways? You will be disappointed by Egypt as you were by Assyria.
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37 You will also leave that place with your hands on your head, for the LORD has rejected those you trust; you will not be helped by them.
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37 You will also leave that place with your hands on your head, for the LORD has rejected those you trust; you will not be helped by them.
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Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
