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20 They eat ashes because they are deceived. Their own misguided minds lead them astray. They can’t rescue themselves or ask themselves, “Isn’t what I hold in my right hand a false god?”

21 Remember these things, Jacob:
You are my servant, Israel.
I formed you; you are my servant.
Israel, I will not forget you.
22 I made your rebellious acts disappear like a thick cloud
and your sins like the morning mist.
Come back to me, because I have reclaimed you.

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20 Such a person feeds on ashes;(A) a deluded(B) heart misleads him;
    he cannot save himself, or say,
    “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?(C)

21 “Remember(D) these things, Jacob,
    for you, Israel, are my servant.(E)
I have made you, you are my servant;(F)
    Israel, I will not forget you.(G)
22 I have swept away(H) your offenses like a cloud,
    your sins like the morning mist.
Return(I) to me,
    for I have redeemed(J) you.”

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