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So I went my way into the field which is called Ardat, as He commanded me; and there I sat among the flowers, and ate of the herbs of the field, and the meat of the same satisfied me.
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After seven days I sat upon the grass, and my heart was vexed within me, as before.
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And I opened my mouth, and began to talk before the Most High and said,
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"O Lord, Thou that showest Thyself unto us, Thou wast shown unto our fathers in the wilderness in a place where no man treadeth, in a barren place, when they came out of Egypt.
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And Thou spokest saying, `Hear Me, O Israel; and mark My words, thou seed of Jacob.
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For behold, I sow My law in you, and it shall bring fruit in you, and ye shall be honored in it for ever.'
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But our fathers who received the law kept it not, and observed not Thy ordinances; and though the fruit of Thy law did not perish--neither could it, for it was Thine--
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yet those who received it perished, because they kept not the thing that was sown in them.
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And lo, it is a custom: when the ground hath received seed, or the sea a ship, or any vessel meat or drink, having perished wherein it was sown or cast into,
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that thing also, which was sown or cast therein or received, doth perish and remaineth not with us; but with us it hath not happened so.
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For we who have received the law perish by sin, and our heart also which received it.