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For this is what the LORD says: “You were sold for nothing, and without money you will be redeemed.”
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For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: “At first my people went down to Egypt to live; lately, Assyria has oppressed them.
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“And now what do I have here?” declares the LORD. “For my people have been taken away for nothing, and those who rule them mock,[a] ” declares the LORD. “And all day long my name is constantly blasphemed.