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34 You have been cruel to poor people for no reason.
    Your clothes have their blood on them!
They had not robbed you,
    but you still killed them.
You have done all these bad things, but still you say,
35     “We have not done anything that is wrong.
    God cannot be angry with us!”
Be careful! I will surely punish you,
    because you say, “I am not guilty of any sin.”
36 You try to get help from other nations.
    You run here and there to make new friends.
You hoped for help from Assyria,
    but no help came.
And you will get no help from Egypt either.

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34 On your clothes is found
    the lifeblood(A) of the innocent poor,
    though you did not catch them breaking in.(B)
Yet in spite of all this
35     you say, ‘I am innocent;(C)
    he is not angry with me.’
But I will pass judgment(D) on you
    because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’(E)
36 Why do you go about so much,
    changing(F) your ways?
You will be disappointed by Egypt(G)
    as you were by Assyria.

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