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The LORD made it known to me and I knew ;
then thou didst show me their evil deeds .
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But I was like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter .
I did not know it was against me they devised schemes ,
saying , "
Let us destroy the tree with its fruit ,
let us cut him off from the land of the living ,
that his name be remembered no more ."
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But ,
O LORD of hosts ,
who judgest righteously ,
who triest the heart and the mind ,
let me see thy vengeance upon them ,
for to thee have I committed my cause .
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Therefore thus says the LORD concerning the men of An '
athoth ,
who seek your life ,
and say , "
Do not prophesy in the name of the LORD ,
or you will die by our hand "--
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therefore thus says the LORD of hosts : "
Behold ,
I will punish them ;
the young men shall die by the sword ;
their sons and their daughters shall die by famine ;
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and none of them shall be left .
For I will bring evil upon the men of An '
athoth ,
the year of their punishment ."