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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.
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"The Lord Almighty says: Your Temple is abandoned. I will scatter you like straw blown away by the wind.
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Your children will have no descendants because they rejected my commandments and did what I hated, just as you did.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.