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17 I didn’t keep company with those who laugh and have fun.
    I sat alone because your hand was on me.
    You filled me with outrage.
18 Why is my pain unending
    and my wound incurable, refusing to heal?
    Will you disappoint me like a stream
    that dries up in summertime?

19 This is what Yahweh says:

If you will return, I will take you back.
    If you will speak what is worthwhile and not what is worthless,
    you will stand in my presence.
    The people will return to you, but you will not return to them.

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