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The disease became permanent; the Law was in the people's heart along with the wicked root, and that which was good departed and the wickedness remained.
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“But you didn't take away from them the inclination to do evil so that your Law might bear fruit in them.
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The first Adam, burdened with this inclination, disobeyed you and was overcome, but so were all those descended from him.
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The disease became permanent; the Law was in the people's heart along with the wicked root, and that which was good departed and the wickedness remained.
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Times passed and years were completed, and you raised up for yourself a servant named David.
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You told him to build a city to your name and to bring you offerings in it from what is yours.