including the shedding of innocent blood.(A) For he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the Lord was not willing to forgive.(B)

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(A)and also because of the innocent blood that he had shed; for he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, which the Lord would not pardon.

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“Why should I forgive you?
    Your children have forsaken me
    and sworn(A) by gods that are not gods.(B)
I supplied all their needs,
    yet they committed adultery(C)
    and thronged to the houses of prostitutes.(D)
They are well-fed, lusty stallions,
    each neighing for another man’s wife.(E)
Should I not punish them for this?”(F)
    declares the Lord.
“Should I not avenge(G) myself
    on such a nation as this?

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“How shall I pardon you for this?
Your children have forsaken Me
And (A)sworn by those (B)that are not gods.
(C)When I had fed them to the full,
Then they committed adultery
And assembled themselves by troops in the harlots’ houses.
(D)They were like well-fed lusty stallions;
Every one neighed after his neighbor’s wife.
Shall I not punish them for these things?” says the Lord.
“And shall I not (E)avenge Myself on such a nation as this?

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