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Israel Was Punished for Its Sin

50 This is what the Lord says:

“People of Israel, you say I divorced your mother.
    Then where is the paper that proves it?
Or do you think I sold you
    to pay a debt?
Because of the evil things you did, I sold you.
    Because of the times she turned against me, your mother was sent away.
I came home and found no one there;
    I called, but no one answered.
Do you think I am not able to save you?
    Do I not have the power to save you?
Look, I need only to shout and the sea becomes dry.
    I change rivers into a desert,
and their fish rot because there is no water;
    they die of thirst.
I can make the skies dark;
    I can make them black like clothes of sadness.”

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