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How happy we are, people of Israel; we have the advantage of knowing what is pleasing to God!
5
Take courage, my people, you are the ones who keep Israel's name alive.
6
You were sold to Gentile nations, but not to be destroyed. Because you made God angry, he handed you over to your enemies.
7
When you offered sacrifices to demons instead of to God, you angered the one who made you.
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You forgot the Eternal God, who had nourished you as a child, and so you brought grief to Jerusalem, who had been like a mother to you.