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as they cry out, “Keep away!
    Do not touch me,
    for I am too sacred for you.”
Such people to me are like choking smoke,
    a fire that smolders throughout the day.
Their deeds have been inscribed in my memory;
    I will not remain silent until I have repaid in full
your iniquities and those of your ancestors,
    says the Lord.
Since they burned incense on the mountains
    and shamed me on the hills,
I will measure into their laps
    the full payment that their deeds deserve.

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