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"The Lord Almighty says: I have pleaded with you as a father pleads with his sons, as a mother pleads with her daughters, or as a nursemaid pleads with her small children.
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I begged you to be my people so that I could be your God, to be my children so that I could be your father.
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I gathered you together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings. But now what can I do with you? I will banish you from my sight;
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and even when you offer sacrifices to me, I will turn away from you. Your religious festivals, your New Moon celebrations, or your circumcision ceremonies mean nothing to me.
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I sent to you my servants, the prophets, but you killed them and mutilated their corpses. I will make you pay for murdering them.