29 The people of the land (A)have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy, and (B)have extorted from the sojourner without justice. 30 (C)And I sought for a man among them (D)who should build up the wall (E)and stand in the breach before me for the land, that I should not destroy it, but I found none. 31 Therefore (F)I have poured out my indignation upon them. I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath. I have returned (G)their way upon their heads, declares the Lord God.”

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