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29 “Why will ye plead with Me? Ye all have transgressed against Me,” saith the Lord.

30 “In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction. Your own sword hath devoured your prophets like a destroying lion.

31 O generation, see ye the word of the Lord! Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? A land of darkness? Why say My people, ‘We are lords; we will come no more unto Thee’?

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29 “Why do you bring charges against me?
    You have all(A) rebelled against me,”
declares the Lord.
30 “In vain I punished your people;
    they did not respond to correction.(B)
Your sword has devoured your prophets(C)
    like a ravenous lion.

31 “You of this generation, consider the word of the Lord:

“Have I been a desert to Israel
    or a land of great darkness?(D)
Why do my people say, ‘We are free to roam;
    we will come to you no more’?(E)

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