23
I did not send fire on you for your blasphemies, but threw a tree into the water and made the stream sweet.
24
"What shall I do to you, O Jacob? You, Judah, would not obey me. I will turn to other nations and will give them my name, so that they may keep my statutes.
25
Because you have forsaken me, I also will forsake you. When you beg mercy of me, I will show you no mercy.
26
When you call to me, I will not listen to you; for you have defiled your hands with blood, and your feet are swift to commit murder.
27
It is not as though you had forsaken me; you have forsaken yourselves, says the Lord.
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