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¹ And I will pardon her. ² Surely they swear falsely.” ³ They have refused to return. ⁴ The judgment of their God. ⁵ And burst the bonds. ⁶ Their backslidings have increased. ⁷ And assembled themselves by troops in the harlots’ houses. ⁸ Every one neighed after his neighbor’s wife. ⁹ “And shall I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this? ¹⁰ For they are not the Lord’s. ¹¹ Have dealt very treacherously with Me,” says the Lord. ¹² Nor shall we see sword or famine. ¹³ Thus shall it be done to them.” ¹⁴ And it shall devour them. ¹⁵ Nor can you understand what they say. ¹⁶ They are all mighty men. ¹⁷ In which you trust, with the sword. ¹⁸ “Nevertheless in those days,” says the Lord, “I will not make a complete end of you. ¹⁹ And it will be when you say, ‘Why does the Lord our God do all these things to us?’ then you shall answer them, ‘Just as you have forsaken Me and served foreign gods in your land, so you shall serve aliens in a land that is not yours.’ ²⁰ And proclaim it in Judah, saying, ²¹ And who have ears and hear not: ²² Though they roar, yet they cannot pass over it. ²³ They have revolted and departed. ²⁴ He reserves for us the appointed weeks of the harvest.” ²⁵ And your sins have withheld good from you. ²⁶ They catch men. ²⁷ Therefore they have become great and grown rich. ²⁸ And the right of the needy they do not defend. ²⁹ ‘Shall I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?’ ³⁰ Has been committed in the land: ³¹ But what will you do in the end?