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16 Those who guide the people of Israel are leading them down the wrong path.
    So those who follow them aren’t on the right road.
17 The Lord will not be pleased with the young men.
    He won’t take pity on widows and on children whose fathers have died.
All of them are ungodly and evil.
    They say foolish things with their mouths.

Even then, the Lord is still angry.
    His hand is still raised against them.

18 What is evil burns like a fire.
    It burns up bushes and thorns.
It sets the forest on fire.
    It sends up a huge column of smoke.

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