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As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit; therefore they have become great and have waxed rich.
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They have waxed fat, they shine; yea, they surpass the deeds of the wicked; they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
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Shall I not visit for these things?" saith the LORD. "Shall not My soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
30
"An astonishing and horrible thing is committed in the land:
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The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and My people love to have it so. And what will ye do in the end thereof?
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