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but in death they find peace
    for obeying God.[a]

The Lord Condemns Idolatry

You people are unfaithful!
You go to fortunetellers,
    and you worship idols.
Now pay close attention!
Who are you making fun of?
    Who are you sneering at?
Look how your sins
    have made fools of you.

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Footnotes

  1. 57.1,2 Evil … God: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.

Those who walk uprightly(A)
    enter into peace;
    they find rest(B) as they lie in death.

“But you—come here, you children of a sorceress,(C)
    you offspring of adulterers(D) and prostitutes!(E)
Who are you mocking?
    At whom do you sneer
    and stick out your tongue?
Are you not a brood of rebels,(F)
    the offspring of liars?

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