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But they tell others, ‘Stay away, and don’t come near me.
    I am too holy for you.’
These ·people [or practices] are like smoke in my ·nose [nostrils].
    Like a fire that burns all ·the time [day long; C their sin never ceases and God’s anger grows].

“Look, it is written here before me.
    I will not ·be quiet [keep silent]; instead, I will repay you in full.
    I will ·punish you for what you have done [L pay it back into their laps/bosom].
I will punish you for your sins and your ·ancestors’ [fathers’] sins,”
    says the Lord.
“They burned incense ·to gods on [L on] the mountains
    and ·shamed [insulted; defied] me on those hills.
So I will ·punish them as they should be punished
    for what they did [L measure into their laps/bosoms payment for their former deeds].”

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