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The Book of Baruch, a revered text in the Catholic tradition, offers profound insights into restoration, repentance, and resilience amidst the challenges faced by the faithful. Written by the prophet Baruch, this book serves as a comforting reminder of God's unwavering love for His people, even in times of exile and despair.
Baruch begins by addressing the exiled Jews in Babylon, providing hope through the proclamation of God's faithfulness. Through Baruch's words, we are called to embrace repentance, acknowledging our sins and seeking God's mercy. The prophet highlights the importance of turning away from our transgressions and rekindling our relationship with God.
This powerful book then delves into the concept of restoration. Baruch portrays the splendor of Jerusalem, depicting the time when God shall gather His people and restore them to their homeland. He emphasizes that God's mercy will prevail over His people, and they will once again witness His glory.
Baruch also emphasizes the significance of wisdom, encouraging the faithful to seek it diligently. He presents wisdom as a guiding light, enabling individuals to discern the path of righteousness amidst the darkness of the world. Through wisdom, we can grow in spiritual understanding and draw closer to God.
Resilience plays a vital role in the Book of Baruch. Despite the challenges faced by the Jewish community, Baruch emphasizes the importance of remaining steadfast in faith. He encourages the faithful to trust in God's justice, acknowledging that His timing is perfect. Baruch's words foster resilience, reminding us to persevere, even in the face of adversity.
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baroo chapter 1 this is the text of the
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book written in Babylon by baroo's son
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of narah son of msah son of zedekiah son
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of hdah son of hilia in the fifth year
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on the seventh day of the month at the
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time when the calans had captured
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Jerusalem and burned it down ruk read
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the text of this book aloud to jeanah
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son of jeim King of Judah and to all the
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people who had come to hear the reading
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to the Nobles and the sons of the king
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and to the elders to the whole people
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that is to the least no less than to the
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greatest to all who lived in Babylon
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beside the river sud on hearing it they
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wept fasted and prayed before the Lord
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and they collected as much money as each
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could afford and sent it to Jerusalem to
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the priest jeim son of hilia son of sh
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and the other priests and all the people
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who were with him in Jerusalem also on
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the 10th day of Savon he was given the
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utensils of the house of the Lord which
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had been removed from the temple to take
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them back to the land of Judah these
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were silver utensils which zedekiah son
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of Josiah king of Judah had had made
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after Nebuchadnezzar King of Babylon had
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deported jeanah from Jerusalem to
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Babylon together with the princes the
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metal workers the Nobles and the common
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people now they wrote we are sending you
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money to pay for burnt offerings
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offerings for sin and incense prepare
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ablations and offer them on the altar of
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the Lord Our God and pray for the long
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life of Nebuchadnezzar King of Babylon
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and of his son belshazzar that they may
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endure on Earth as long as the heavens
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endure and that the Lord may give us
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strength and Enlighten our eyes so that
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we may lead our lives under the
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protection of Nebuchadnezzar King of
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Babylon and of his son belshazzar and
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that we may serve them for a long time
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and win their favor also pray to the
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Lord Our God for us because we have
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sinned against him and the anger the
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fury of the Lord has still not turned
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away from us lastly you must read the
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booklet which we are sending you
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publicly in the house of the Lord on the
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feast day and appropriate days you must
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say saving Justice is the Lords we have
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only the look of shame we bear as is the
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case today for the people of Judah and
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the inhabitants of Jerusalem for our
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King and princes our priests our
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prophets and for our ancestors because
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we have sinned before the Lord have
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disobeyed him and have not listened to
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the voice of the Lord Our God telling us
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to follow the Commandments which the
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Lord had ordained for us from the day
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when the Lord brought our ancestors out
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of Egypt until today we have been
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disobedient to the Lord Our God we have
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been disloyal refusing to listen to his
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voice and we are not free even today of
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the disasters and the curse which the
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Lord pronounced through his servant
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Moses the day he brought our ancestors
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out of Egypt to give us a land flowing
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with milk and honey we have not listened
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to the voice of the Lord Our God in all
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the words of those prophets he sent us
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but each following the dictates of our
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evil heart we have taken to serving
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alien gods and doing what is displeasing
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to the Lord Our
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God baroo chapter 2 and so the Lord has
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carried out the sentence with which he
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passed on us on our judges who governed
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Israel on our Kings and leaders and on
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the people of Israel and of Judah what
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he did to Jerusalem has never been
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paralleled under the wide Heavens in
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Conformity with what was written in the
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law of Moses we were each reduced to
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eating the Flesh of our own Sons and
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Daughters furthermore he has handed them
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over into the power of all the kingdoms
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that surround us to be the contempt and
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execration of all the neighboring
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peoples among whom the Lord scattered
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them instead of being m ERS they found
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themselves enslaved because we had
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sinned against the Lord Our God by not
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listening to his voice saving Justice is
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the Lord's we and our ancestors have
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only the look of shame we bear today all
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those disasters which the Lord
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pronounced against us have now befallen
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us and yet we have not tried to win the
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favor of the Lord by each of us
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renouncing the dictates of our own
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Wicked heart so the Lord has been alert
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to our misdeeds and has brought disaster
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down on us since the Lord is upright in
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everything he had commanded us to do and
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we have not listened to his voice so as
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to follow the Commandments which the
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Lord had ordained for us and now Lord
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God of Israel who brought your people
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out of Egypt with a mighty hand with
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signs and wonders with great power and
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without outstretched arm to win yourself
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a name such as you have today we have
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sinned we have committed sacrilege Lord
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Our God we have broken all your precepts
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let your anger turn from us since we are
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no more than a little Remnant among the
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Nations where you have dispersed us
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listen Lord to our prayers and our
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entreaties Deliver Us for your own sake
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and let us win the favor of the people
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who have deported us so that the whole
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world may know that you are the Lord Our
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God since Israel and his descendants
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bear your name look down lord from your
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holy dwelling place and think of us bow
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your ear and listen Open Your Eyes Lord
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and look the dead down in shol whose
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breath has been taken from their bodies
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are not the ones to give glory and do
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recognition to the Lord whoever is
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overcome with Affliction who goes along
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bowed down and frail with failing eyes
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and hungering soul that is the one to
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give you glory and due recognition Lord
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we do not rely on the merits of our
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ancestors and of our Kings to offer you
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our humble plea Lord Our God no you have
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sent down your anger and your fury on us
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as you threatened through your servants
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the prophets when they said the Lord
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says this bend your necks and serve the
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king of Babylon and you will remain in
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the country which I gave to your
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ancestors but if you do not listen to
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the voice of the Lord and serve the king
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of Babylon then I shall silence the
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shouts of rejoicing and mirth and the
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voices of bridegroom and bride in the
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towns of Judah and the streets of
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Jerusalem and the whole country will be
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reduced to desert with no inhabitants
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but we would not listen to your voice
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and serve the king of Babylon and so you
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carried out what you had threatened
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through your servants the prophets that
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the bones of our Kings and of our
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ancestors would be dragged from their
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resting places they were indeed tossed
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out to the heat of the day and the frost
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of the night and people died in Dreadful
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Agony from famine sword and plague and
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so because of the wickedness of the
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House of Israel and the house of Judah
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you have made this house that bears your
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name what it is today and yet Lord Our
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God you have treated us in a way worthy
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of all your goodness and boundless
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tenderness just as you had promised
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through your servant Moses the day you
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told him to write your law in the
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presence of the Israelites and said if
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you do not listen to my voice this great
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and innumerable multitude will certainly
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be reduced to a tiny few among the
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Nations where I shall scatter them for I
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knew that being an obstinate people they
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would not listen to me but in the
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country of their Exile they will come to
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themselves and acknowledge that I am the
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Lord their God I shall give them a heart
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and an attentive ear and they will sing
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my Praises in the country of their Exile
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they will remember my name they will
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stop being obstinate and remembering
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what became of their ancestors who
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sinned before the Lord will turn from
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their evil Deeds then I shall bring them
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back to the country which I promised on
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oath to their ancestors Abraham Isaac
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and Jacob and make them Masters in it I
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shall make their numbers grow they will
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not dwindle again and I shall make an
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Everlasting Covenant with them so so
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that I am their God and they are my
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people and never again shall I drive my
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People Israel out of the country which I
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have given
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them baroo chapter 3 Almighty Lord God
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of Israel a soul in anguish a troubled
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heart now cries to you listen and have
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pity Lord for we have sinned before you
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you sit in Throne forever while we are
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perishing forever Almighty Lord God of
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Israel hear the prayer of the dead of
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Israel of the children of those who have
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sinned against you and have not listened
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to the voice of the Lord their God hence
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the disasters which dog us do not call
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to mind the misdeeds of our ancestors
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but remember instead your power and your
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name you are indeed the Lord Our God and
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we will praise you Lord since you have
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put respect for you in our hearts to
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encourage us to call on your name we
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long to praise you and in our exile for
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we have rid our hearts of the wickedness
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of our ancestors who sinned against you
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look today we are still in Exile where
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you have scattered us as something
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contemptible accursed condemned for all
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the misdeeds of our ancestors who had
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abandon the Lord our god listen Israel
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to commands that bring life hear and
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learn what knowledge means why Israel
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why are you in the country of your
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enemies growing older and older in an
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alien land defiling yourselves with the
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dead reckoned with those who go to shol
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it is because you have forsaken the
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Fountain of wisdom had you walked in the
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way of God you would be living in peace
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forever learn where knowledge is where
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strength where understanding and so
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learn where Length of days is where life
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where the light of the eyes and where
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peace but who has found out where she
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lives who has entered her Treasure House
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where now are the leaders of the the
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Nations and those who ruled even the
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beasts of Earth those who sported with
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the birds of Heaven those who
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accumulated silver and gold on which all
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people rely and whose possessions had no
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end those who work so carefully in
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silver but of whose Works no Trace is to
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be found they have vanished gone down to
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shol others have risen to their places
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more recent Generations have seen the
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day and people the Earth in their turn
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but the way of knowledge they have not
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found they have not recognized Iz the
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path she Treads nor have their children
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had any grasp of her remaining far from
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her way nothing has been heard of her in
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Canaan nothing has been seen of her in
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Taman the children of Hagar In Search of
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worldly wisdom the merchants of Midian
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and Taman the tail Spinners and the
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philosophers have none of them found the
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way to wisdom or remembered the path she
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Treads how great Israel is the house of
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God how wide his domain immeasurably
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wide infin itely lofty in it were born
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the Giants famous from the beginning
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immensely tall expert in war God's
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choice did not fall on these he did not
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show them the way of knowledge they
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perished for lack of wisdom perished by
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their own Folly who has ever climbed the
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sky and seized her to bring her down
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from the clouds who has ever crossed the
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ocean and found her to bring her back in
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exchange for the finest gold no one can
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learn the way to her no one can
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understand understand the path she
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Treads but the one who knows all
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discovers her he has grasped her with
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his own intellect he has set the Earth
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firm forever more and filled it with
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four-footed beasts he sends the light
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and it goes He recalls it and trembling
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it obeys the stars shine joyfully at
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their posts when he calls them they
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answer here we are they shine to Delight
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their creator it is he who is our God no
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other can compare with him he has
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uncovered the whole way of knowledge
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knowled and shown it to his servant
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Jacob to Israel his wellbeloved only
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then did she appear on Earth and live
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among human
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beings baroo chapter 4 she is the book
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of God's Commandments the law that
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stands forever those who keep her shall
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live those who desert her shall die turn
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back Jacob sees her in her Radiance make
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your way to light do not yield your
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glory to another your privilege to a
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people not your own Israel blessed are
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we what pleases God has been revealed to
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us take courage my people Memorial of
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Israel you were sold to the Nations but
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not for extermination you provoked God
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and so were delivered to your enemies
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since you had angered your creator by
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offering sacrifices to demons and not to
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God you had forgotten the Eternal God
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who reared you you had also grieved
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Jerusalem who nursed you for when she
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saw God's anger falling on you she said
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listen you neighbors of Zion God has
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sent me great sorrow I have seen my sons
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and daughters taken into captivity which
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the Eternal brought down on them I had
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reared them joyfully in tears in sorrow
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I watch them go away do not any of you
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exalt over me a widow deserted by by so
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many I am bereaved because of the sins
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of my children who turned away from the
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law of God who did not want to know his
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precepts and would not follow the ways
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of his Commandments or tread the paths
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of discipline as his Justice directed
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come here neighbors of Zion remember my
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sons and daughters captivity which the
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Eternal brought down on them how he
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brought a distant Nation down on them a
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ruthless Nation speaking a foreign
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language they showed neither respect for
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the Aged nor pity for the child They
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carried off the widows cherished Sons
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they left her quite alone bereft of her
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daughters for my part how could I help
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you he who brought those disasters down
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on you is the one to deliver you from
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your enemies clutches go my children go
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your way I must stay bereft and lonely I
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have taken off the clothes of peace and
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put on the sackcloth of intreaty all my
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life I shall cry to the Eternal take ENC
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courage my children call on God he will
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deliver you from tyranny from the
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clutches of your enemies for I look to
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the Eternal for your rescue and joy has
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come to me from the Holy One at the
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mercy soon to reach you from your savior
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the Eternal in sorrow and tears I
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watched you go away but God will give
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you back to me in joy and gladness
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forever as the neighbors of Zion have
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now witnessed your captivity so will
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they soon see your Rescue by God which
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will come upon you with great Glory
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glory and Splendor of the Eternal my
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children patiently bear the anger
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brought on You by God your enemy has
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persecuted you but soon you will witness
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his destruction and set your foot on his
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neck my favorite children have traveled
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by rough roads carried off like a flock
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by a marauding enemy take courage my
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children call on God he who brought this
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on you will remember you as by your will
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you first strayed from God so now turn
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back and search for him 10 times harder
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for as he has been bringing down those
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disasters on you so will he rescue you
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and give you Eternal Joy take courage
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Jerusalem he who gave you your name will
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console you disaster will come to all
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who have ill treated you and gloated
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over your fall disaster will come to the
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cities where your children were slaves
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disaster to whichever one receive your
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children for just as she rejoiced at
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your fall and was happy to see you
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ruined so so will she grieve over her
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own desolation I shall deprive her of
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the joy of a populous city and her
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insolence will turn to mourning fire
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from the Eternal will befall her for
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many a day and demons will dwell in her
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for ages Jerusalem turn your eyes to the
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east see the joy that is coming to you
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from God look the children you watch go
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away are on their way home reassemble
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from east and west they are on their way
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home at the holy one's command rejoicing
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in God God's
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glory baroo chapter 5 Jerusalem take off
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your dress of sorrow and distress put on
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the beauty of God's glory forever more
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wrap the cloak of God's saving Justice
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around you put the diadem of the Eternal
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one's glory on your head for God means
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to show your Splendor to every nation
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under Heaven and the name God gives you
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forever more will be peace through
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Justice and Glory through
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devotion arise Jerusalem stand on the
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Heights and turn your eyes to the east
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see your children reassemble from West
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and East at the holy one's command
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rejoicing because God has remembered
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though they left you on foot driven by
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enemies now God brings them back to you
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carried gloriously like a royal throne
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for God has decreed the flattening of
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each high mountain of the Everlasting
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Hills The Filling of The Valleys to make
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the ground level so that Israel can walk
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safely in God's glory and the forests
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and every fragrant tree will provide
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shade for Israel at God's command for
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God will guide Israel in Joy by the
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light of his glory with the mercy and
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saving Justice which come from him a
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copy of the letter which Jeremiah sent
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to those about to be led captive to
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Babylon by the king of the Babylonians
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to tell them what he had been commanded
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by God
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baroo chapter 6 because of the sins
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which you have committed before God you
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are to be deported to Babylon by
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Nebuchadnezzar King of the Babylonians
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once you have reached Babylon you will
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stay there for many years as long as
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Seven
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Generations after which I shall bring
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you home in peace now in Babylon you
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will see gods made of silver of gold of
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wood being carried shoulder high and
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filling the Gentiles with fear be on
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your guard do not imitate the foreigners
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do not have any fear of their gods as
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you see their worshippers prostrating
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themselves before and behind them
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instead say in your hearts Master it is
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you that we must worship for my angel is
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with you your lives will be in his care
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overlaid with gold and silver their
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tongues polished Smooth by a Craftsman
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they are counterfeit and have no power
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to speak as though for a girl fond of
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finery
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these people take gold and make crowns
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for the heads of their gods and
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sometimes the priests filch gold and
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silver from their gods to spend on
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themselves even giving some of it to the
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prostitutes on the Terrace they dress up
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these gods of silver gold and wood in
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clothes like human beings on their own
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they cannot protect themselves from
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either tarnish or woodworm when they
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have been dressed in purple cloaks their
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faces have to be dusted because of the
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temple dust which settles thick on them
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one holds a scepter like the governor of
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a province yet is powerless to put to
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death anyone who offends him another
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holds sword and mace in his right hand
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yet is powerless to defend himself
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against war or thieves from this it is
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evident that they are not gods do not be
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afraid of them just as a pot in common
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use becomes useless once it is broken so
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are these gods in shrined inside their
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temples their eyes are full of dust
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raised by the feet of those who enter
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just as the doors are locked on all
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sides on someone who has offended a king
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and is under sentence of death so the
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priests secure the temples of these Gods
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with Gates and bolts and bars for fear
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of burglary they light more lamps for
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them than they do for themselves and the
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gods see none of them they are like one
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of the temple beams which are said to be
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knod away from within the termites creep
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out of the ground and eat them and their
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clothes too and they feel nothing their
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faces are blackened by the smoke that
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rises from the temple bats swallows
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birds of every kind perch on their
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bodies and heads and so do cats from
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this you can see for yourselves that
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they are not gods do not be afraid of
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them the gold with which they are
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parading their futility before the world
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is supposed to make them look beautiful
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but if someone does not rub off the
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tarnish these Gods will not be shining
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much on their own and even while they
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were being cast they felt nothing
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however much was paid for them there is
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still no Breath of Life in them being
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unable to walk they have to be carried
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on men's shoulders which shows how
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feudal they are it is humiliating for
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their worshippers too who have to stand
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them up again if they fall over once
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they have been stood up they cannot move
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on their own if they tilt ask you they
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cannot write themselves offerings made
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to them might as well be made to the
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dead whatever is sacrificed to them the
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priest resell and pocket The Profit
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while their wives salt down part of it
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but give nothing to the poor or to the
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helpless as to the sacrifices themselves
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why women during their periods and women
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in child bed are not afraid to touch
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them from all this you can tell that
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they are not gods do not be afraid of
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them indeed how can they even be called
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Gods when women do the offering to these
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gods of silver gold and wood in their
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temples the priests stay sitting down
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their garments torn heads and beards
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shaved and heads uncovered they Roar and
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shriek before their gods as people do at
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funeral feasts the priests take robes
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from the gods to clothe their own wives
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and children whether these gods are
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treated badly or well they are incapable
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of paying back either treatment as
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incapable too of making or unmaking
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Kings equally incapable of Distributing
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wealth or money if anyone fails to honor
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a vow he has made to them them they
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cannot call him to account they can
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neither save anyone from death nor
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rescue the weak from the strong nor
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restore sight to the blind nor save
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anyone in trouble nor take pity on a
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widow nor be generous to an orphan these
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wooden Gods overlaid with gold and
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silver are about as much use as rocks
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cut out of the mountain side their
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worshippers will be confounded so how
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can anyone think or say that they are
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Gods the caldan themselves do them know
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honor if they find someone who is dumb
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and cannot speak they present him to
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Bell intreating him for the gift of
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speech as though he could perceive it
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and they are incapable of drawing the
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conclusion and abandoning those Gods
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such as their lack of perception women
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with strings round their waists sit in
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the streets burning brand like incense
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when one of these has been picked up by
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a passerby and been to bed with him she
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then gloats over her neighbor for not
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having been thought as worthy as herself
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and for not having had her string broken
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whatever is done for them is spurious so
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how can anyone think or say that they
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are gods made by Woodworkers and
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goldsmiths they are only what those
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workmen decide to make them their makers
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have not long to live themselves so how
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can the things they make be Gods their
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legacy to their descendants is nothing
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but delusion and dishonor if war or
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disasters befall them the priests
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discuss where best to hide themselves in
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these Gods how can anyone fail to
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realize that they are not Gods if they
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cannot save themselves from war or from
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disasters and since they are only made
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of what overlaid with gold or silver it
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will later become apparent that they are
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spurious it will be obvious to everyone
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to Nations as to Kings that they are not
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Gods but the work of human hands and
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that there is no Divine activity in them
24:22
does anyone still need convincing that
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they are not gods they can neither
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appoint a king over a country nor give
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Reign to humankind nor regulate their
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own Affairs nor rescue anyone who
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suffers a wrong they are as helpless as
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crows between sky and ground if fire
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falls on the Temple of these wooden Gods
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overlaid with gold or silver their
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priests fly to safety while they for
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their part stay there like beams to be
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burnt they cannot put up any resistance
24:51
to a king or to enemies so how can
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anyone think or say that they are Gods
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these would Gods overlaid with gold or
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silver cannot evade thieves or Marauders
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strong men may Rob them of their gold
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and silver and make off with the robes
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they are dressed in yet they are
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powerless to help even themselves better
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to be a king displaying his prowess a
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household pot of use to its owner than
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to be these counterfeit gods or merely
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the door of a house protecting what is
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inside than these counterfeit gods or a
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wooden pillar in a palace than these
25:26
counterfeit Gods the Sun the moon and
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the stars which shine and have been
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given work to do are obedient similarly
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the lightning as it flashes is a fine
25:37
sight in the same way the wind blows
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across every country the clouds execute
25:43
the order God gives them to pass over
25:44
the whole earth and the fire sent from
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above to consume mountain and Forest
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carries out its orders now these gods
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are not their equals either in beauty or
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in power so no one can think or say that
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they are Gods powerless as they are to
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administer Justice or to do anyone any
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good therefore knowing that they are not
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gods do not be afraid of them for they
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can neither curse nor bless Kings nor
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produce signs in heaven for the Nations
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nor Shine Like the Sun nor shed light
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like the moon the animals are better off
26:19
than they are being able to look after
26:22
themselves by making for cover there is
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not the slightest shred of evidence that
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they are gods so do not be afraid of
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them their wooden Gods overlaid with
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gold and silver are like a scarecrow in
26:34
a field of cucumbers protecting nothing
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or again their wooden Gods overlaid with
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gold and silver are like a thorn bush in
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a garden any kind of bird May perch on
26:45
it or like a corpse thrown out into the
26:47
dark from the purple and linen rotting
26:50
on their backs you can tell that they
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are not gods and in the end eaten away
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they will be the dishonor of the country
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better then someone upright who has no
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Idols dishonor will never come near him