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because I saw how you sustain these sinners and have spared those who act without giving you a thought. I saw how you destroyed your people and preserved your enemies,
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and haven't given anyone any clue as to how to make sense of these ways. Does Babylon do better than Zion?
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Has any other nation known you besides Israel? What tribes have believed your covenants as have these tribes of Jacob,
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whose reward hasn't appeared and whose labor hasn't borne fruit? I have traveled widely among the nations and seen them enjoying abundance while not giving your commandments a thought.
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Now then put our sins on one side of a pair of scales, and put the sins of those who live in the world on the other side. Let's see then which way the scales tip.