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Your iniquities have turned these things away, And your sins have withheld good from you.
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'For among My people are found wicked men; They lie in wait as one who sets snares; They set a trap; They catch men.
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As a cage is full of birds, So their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become great and grown rich.
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They have grown fat, they are sleek; Yes, they surpass the deeds of the wicked; They do not plead the cause, The cause of the fatherless; Yet they prosper, And the right of the needy they do not defend.
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Shall I not punish them for these things?' says the Lord. 'Shall I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?'
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"An astonishing and horrible thing Has been committed in the land:
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The prophets prophesy falsely, And the priests rule by their own power; And My people love to have it so. But what will you do in the end?