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I brought you up with joy, but I will send you away with mourning and sadness, because you have sinned in the presence of the Lord God and have done bad things in his sight.
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But now what will I do for you? I am a widow and abandoned by my children. Go, children, and seek mercy from the Lord,
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for I am left all alone." I call upon you, Father, concerning the mother of those who were unwilling to keep your covenant:
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Throw them into confusion and their mother into ruin. May they leave no descendants,
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but be scattered among the nations! May their names be wiped out from the earth because they despised my covenant!