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O LORD ,
do not thy eyes look for truth ?
Thou hast smitten them ,
but they felt no anguish ;
thou hast consumed them ,
but they refused to take correction .
They have made their faces harder than rock ;
they have refused to repent .
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Then I said , "
These are only the poor ,
they have no sense ;
for they do not know the way of the LORD ,
the law of their God .
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I will go to the great ,
and will speak to them ;
for they know the way of the LORD ,
the law of their God ."
But they all alike had broken the yoke ,
they had burst the bonds .
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Therefore a lion from the forest shall slay them ,
a wolf from the desert shall destroy them .
A leopard is watching against their cities ,
every one who goes out of them shall be torn in pieces ;
because their transgressions are many ,
their apostasies are great .
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How can I pardon you ?
Your children have forsaken me ,
and have sworn by those who are no gods .
When I fed them to the full ,
they committed adultery and trooped to the houses of harlots .
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They were well-fed lusty stallions ,
each neighing for his neighbor '
s wife .
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Shall I not punish them for these things ?
says the LORD ;
and shall I not avenge myself on a nation such as this ?