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And he shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands, neither shall respect that which his fingers have made, either the groves, or the images.
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In that day shall his strongcities be as a forsakenbough, and an uppermost branch, which they leftbecause of the children of Israel: and there shall be desolation.
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Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plantpleasantplants, and shalt set it with strangeslips:
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In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperatesorrow.
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Woe to the multitude of manypeople, which make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, that make a rushing like the rushing of mightywaters!
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The nations shall rush like the rushing of manywaters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountainsbefore the wind, and like a rolling thingbefore the whirlwind.