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As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great , and waxen rich .
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They are waxen fat , they shine : yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper ; and the right of the needy do they not judge .
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Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
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A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land;
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The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?