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When you were thirsty, I split the rock and all the water you needed flowed out. To protect you from the heat, I provided you with shade trees.
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I divided fertile lands among you and drove out the Canaanites, the Perizzites, and the Philistines who opposed your advance. What more could I have done for you?
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"The Lord Almighty says: There in the desert by the river of bitter water when you were thirsty and cursed me,
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in spite of your insults I did not send fire upon you. Instead, I made the water fit to drink by throwing wood into the river.
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People of Israel, what can I do with you? People of Judah, you refuse to obey me. So I will turn to other nations and make them my people. They will keep my laws.
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Because you have abandoned me, I will abandon you. You will beg me for mercy, but I will show you none.
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When you pray to me, I will not hear you. You never hesitate to commit murder; your hands are stained with the blood of those you have killed.
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It is not me that you have betrayed; you have betrayed yourselves.
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"The Lord Almighty says: I have pleaded with you as a father pleads with his sons, as a mother pleads with her daughters, or as a nursemaid pleads with her small children.
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I begged you to be my people so that I could be your God, to be my children so that I could be your father.
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I gathered you together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings. But now what can I do with you? I will banish you from my sight;
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