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But when I got to Babylon, I saw more sins than I could count, and now for thirty years I have seen many sinners here. So I was perplexed
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when I saw how you tolerate sinners and do not punish them, how you protect your enemies and yet destroy your own people.
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You haven't given the faintest hint as to how these ways of yours can be changed. Surely Babylon is no better than Jerusalem.
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No other nation, except Israel, has ever known you or accepted your covenants.
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But Israel was never rewarded, and never profited from its labor. I have traveled widely in the other nations, and I have seen how prosperous they are, although they don't keep your commands.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.