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They deceive each other,
    and they never tell the truth.
They have taught their tongues to speak lies.
They love to do bad things
    and they cannot stop themselves.
They hurt and they deceive each other.
    They do that more and more.
They refuse to respect me.’

That is what the Lord says.

So the Lord Almighty says this:

‘Listen! I will test my people,
    like a man uses fire to make metal become pure.
I must punish them like this because they are so wicked.
    There is nothing else that I can do!

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