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“You evict the women (widows) of My people,
Each one from her pleasant house;
From her [young, fatherless] children you take away My splendor and blessing forever [by putting them among the pagans, away from Me].
10 
“Arise and depart [because the captivity is inevitable],
For this [land] is not the place of rest
Because of the defilement that brings destruction,
A painful and terrible destruction.
11 
“If a man walking in a false spirit [spouting deception]
Should lie and say,
‘I will prophesy to you [O Israel] of wine and liquor (greed, sensual pleasure),’
He would be the acceptable spokesman of this people.(A)

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You drive the women of my people
    from their pleasant homes.(A)
You take away my blessing
    from their children forever.
10 Get up, go away!
    For this is not your resting place,(B)
because it is defiled,(C)
    it is ruined, beyond all remedy.
11 If a liar and deceiver(D) comes and says,
    ‘I will prophesy for you plenty of wine and beer,’(E)
    that would be just the prophet for this people!(F)

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