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29 “Why do you complain about me?
All of you have rebelled against me,” declares the Lord.
30 “I have punished your children without results.
They didn’t respond to correction.
You killed my prophets like a raging lion.

31 “Consider the Lord’s word, people of this generation.
Haven’t I been a desert, a land of thick darkness, for Israel?
Why do my people say that they are free to wander around
and no longer come to me?

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29 “Why do you bring charges against me?
    You have all(A) rebelled against me,”
declares the Lord.
30 “In vain I punished your people;
    they did not respond to correction.(B)
Your sword has devoured your prophets(C)
    like a ravenous lion.

31 “You of this generation, consider the word of the Lord:

“Have I been a desert to Israel
    or a land of great darkness?(D)
Why do my people say, ‘We are free to roam;
    we will come to you no more’?(E)

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