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"But go now to My place which was in Shiloh, where I set My name at the first, and see what I did to it because of the wickedness of My people Israel.
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And now, because you have done all these works," says the Lord, "and I spoke to you, rising up early and speaking, but you did not hear, and I called you, but you did not answer,
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therefore I will do to the house which is called by My name, in which you trust, and to this place which I gave to you and your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh.
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And I will cast you out of My sight, as I have cast out all your brethren--the whole posterity of Ephraim.
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"Therefore do not pray for this people, nor lift up a cry or prayer for them, nor make intercession to Me; for I will not hear you.
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Do you not see what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
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The children gather wood, the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead dough, to make cakes for the queen of heaven; and they pour out drink offerings to other gods, that they may provoke Me to anger.
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Do they provoke Me to anger?" says the Lord. "Do they not provoke themselves, to the shame of their own faces?"
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Therefore thus says the Lord God: "Behold, My anger and My fury will be poured out on this place--on man and on beast, on the trees of the field and on the fruit of the ground. And it will burn and not be quenched."
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Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: "Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices and eat meat.
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For I did not speak to your fathers, or command them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices.