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"Go and declare to my people their evil deeds, and to their children the iniquities which they have committed against me, so that they may tell their children's children
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that the sins of their parents have increased in them, for they have forgotten me and have offered sacrifices to strange gods.
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Was it not I who brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage? But they have angered me and despised my counsels.
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Pull out the hair of your head and hurl all evils upon them, for they have not obeyed my law -- they are a rebellious people.
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How long shall I endure them, on whom I have bestowed such great benefits?
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.