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"But they becamedisobedient and rebelled against You, And cast Your lawbehind their backs And killed Your prophetswho had admonished them So that they might return to You, And they committedgreatblasphemies.
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"Therefore You delivered them into the hand of their oppressors who oppressed them, But when they cried to You in the time of their distress, You heard from heaven, and according to Your greatcompassion You gave them deliverers who delivered them from the hand of their oppressors.
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"But as soon as they hadrest, they didevilagainbefore You; Therefore You abandoned them to the hand of their enemies, so that they ruled over them. When they criedagain to You, You heard from heaven, And manytimes You rescued them according to Your compassion,
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And admonished them in order to turn them back to Your law. Yet they actedarrogantly and did not listen to Your commandments but sinned against Your ordinances, By which if a manobserves them he shall live. And they turned a stubbornshoulder and stiffened their neck, and would not listen.
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"However, You bore with them for manyyears, And admonished them by Your Spiritthrough Your prophets, Yet they would not giveear. Therefore You gave them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.