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26 while their inhabitants, lacking strength,
    stand dismayed and confused.
They were like vegetation out in the fields,
    and like green herbs—
just as grass that grows on a housetop
    dries out before it can grow.

27 ‘But when you sit down,
    when you go out,
and when you come in,
    I’m aware of it!
28 Because of your rage against me,
    your complacency has reached my ears.
I’ll put my hook into your nostrils
    and my bit into your mouth.
Then I’ll turn you back on the road
    by which you came.’

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