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Because you have imitated that vile prostitute in everything she has done or planned, God has this to say:
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"I will send disasters upon you. I will make you a widow and send poverty, famine, war, and epidemics to destroy your homes and bring ruin and death.
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The power of which you boast will wither like a flower when the burning heat is sent upon you.
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You will be a wretched, weak woman so bruised, beaten, and wounded that you will no longer attract your wealthy lovers.
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I would not punish you so severely," says the Lord,
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"if you had not murdered my chosen people. But you took great delight in striking them, and when you were drunk, you boasted about killing them.
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You will be paid for your work as a prostitute; you will get what you have earned.
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I will pay you back," says the Lord, "for what you have done to my chosen people. I will bring disaster on you.
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You will be put to death, and your children will starve. Your cities will be torn down, and the people out in the country will be killed.