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    And the religious lie beside every altar
        on garments taken as collateral from their debtors;
    And in the house of their pagan god, they drink
        wine bought with the fines they have imposed on others.

    Still I destroyed all of Canaan’s Amorites before them,
        those Canaanites who were as tall as the towering cedars,
        as strong as the mighty oaks.
    As entrenched as they were, I still destroyed their fruit above
        and their roots underneath My promised land.
10     And I brought you up out of the land of Egypt
        and led you safely through 40 years of wilderness wandering
        to take possession of the land of the Amorites.

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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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