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the son of Aaron, of the tribe of Levi, who was a captive in the land of the Medes in the reign of Artaxerxes king of the Persians.
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And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
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"Go thy way, and show My people their sinful deeds, and their children their wickedness which they have done against Me, that they may tell their children's children,
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because the sins of their fathers are increased in them; for they have forgotten Me and have offered unto strange gods.
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Am not I even He that brought them out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage? But they have provoked Me unto wrath and despised My counsels.