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son of Aaron, of the tribe of Levi, who was a captive in the country of the Medes in the reign of Artaxerxes, king of the Persians.
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The word of the Lord came to me, saying,
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"Go and declare to my people their evil deeds, and to their children the iniquities which they have committed against me, so that they may tell their children's children
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that the sins of their parents have increased in them, for they have forgotten me and have offered sacrifices to strange gods.
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Was it not I who brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage? But they have angered me and despised my counsels.