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The childrengatherwood, and the fatherskindle the fire, and the womenknead their dough, to makecakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto othergods, that they may provoke me to anger.
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Therefore thus saith the LordGOD; Behold, mine anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.
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For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt,concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices:
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But this thingcommanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.
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But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evilheart, and went backward, and not forward.
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Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day I have even sent unto you all my servants the prophets,daily rising up early and sending them: