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Why is it, Israel, that you find yourself in an enemy land? Why have you grown old in a foreign country? You are ritually unclean, like the dead;
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you are already counted among the dead. But why?
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It is because you have left the source of Wisdom!
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If you had walked in God's ways, you would have lived in peace forever.
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Learn where understanding, strength, and insight are to be found. Then you will know where to find a long and full life, light to guide you, and peace.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.