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At every place of worship people sleep on clothing that they have taken from the poor as security for debts. In the temple of their God they drink wine which they have taken from those who owe them money.

(A)“And yet, my people, it was for your sake that I totally destroyed the Amorites, who were as tall as cedar trees and as strong as oaks. 10 I brought you out of Egypt, led you through the desert for forty years, and gave you the land of the Amorites to be your own.

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They lie down beside every altar
    on garments taken in pledge.(A)
In the house of their god
    they drink wine(B) taken as fines.(C)

“Yet I destroyed the Amorites(D) before them,
    though they were tall(E) as the cedars
    and strong as the oaks.(F)
I destroyed their fruit above
    and their roots(G) below.
10 I brought you up out of Egypt(H)
    and led(I) you forty years in the wilderness(J)
    to give you the land of the Amorites.(K)

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