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And I will cut off the judge from their midst, And will kill all its princes with him," says the LORD.
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Thus says the LORD: "For three transgressions of Yehudah, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; Because they have rejected the law of the LORD, And have not kept his statutes, And their lies have led them astray, After which their fathers walked;
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But I will send a fire on Yehudah, And it will devour the palaces of Yerushalayim."
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Thus says the LORD: "For three transgressions of Yisra'el, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; Because they have sold the righteous for silver, And the needy for a pair of shoes;
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They trample on the dust of the eretz on the head of the poor, And deny justice to the oppressed; And a man and his father use the same maiden, to profane my holy name;
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And they lay themselves down beside every altar on clothes taken in pledge; And in the house of their God they drink the wine of those who have been fined.
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Yet I destroyed the Amori before them, Whose height was like the height of the cedars, And he was strong as the oaks; Yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.
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Also I brought you up out of the land of Mitzrayim, And led you forty years in the wilderness, To possess the land of the Amori.
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I raised up some of your sons for prophets, And some of your young men for Nazirim. Isn't this true, You children of Yisra'el?" says the LORD.
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"But you gave the Nazirim wine to drink, And commanded the prophets, saying, 'Don't prophesy!'
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Behold, I will crush you in your place, As a cart crushes that is full of grain.