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This evilpeople, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of their heart, and walkafterothergods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing.
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For as the girdlecleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I caused to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah,saith the LORD; that they might be unto me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear.
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Therefore thou shalt speak unto them this word; Thus saith the LORDGod of Israel, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: and they shall say unto thee, Do we not certainlyknow that every bottle shall be filled with wine?
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Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings that sit upon David'sthrone, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness.
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And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sonstogether,saith the LORD: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them.
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Giveglory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feetstumble upon the darkmountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.
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But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret placesfor your pride; and mine eye shall weepsore, and run down with tears, because the LORD'Sflock is carried away captive.
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The cities of the south shall be shut up, and none shall open them: Judah shall be carried away captive all of it, it shall be wholly carried away captive.