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They cry out to me,
    ‘Our God, we in Israel know you!’
But Israel has rejected what is good,
    so the enemy will chase them.
They chose their own kings
    without asking my permission.
They chose their own leaders,
    people I did not know.
They made their silver and gold into idols,
    and for all this they will be destroyed.

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Israel cries out to me,
    ‘Our God, we acknowledge you!’
But Israel has rejected what is good;
    an enemy will pursue him.(A)
They set up kings without my consent;
    they choose princes without my approval.(B)
With their silver and gold
    they make idols(C) for themselves
    to their own destruction.

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