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"Of whom were you afraid, when you lied, and did not remember Me or think about Me? Have I not been quiet for a long time, so you are not afraid of Me?

See, the Lord's hand is not so short that it cannot save, and His ear is not closed that it cannot hear.

But your wrong-doings have kept you away from your God. Your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear.

Clothing cannot be made from the work of the spider, so they cannot cover themselves with what they make. Their works are works of sin. They hurt others with their hands.

So what is right and fair is far from us. What is right and good does not come to us. We hope for light, but see darkness. We hope for bright light, but we walk in the dark.

Your gates will always be open. They will not be closed day or night, so that men may bring the riches of the nations to you with the kings leading the way.

Instead of your shame you will have a share that is twice as much. Instead of being without honor, they will sing for joy over all you receive. So they will have twice as much in their land, and joy that lasts forever will be theirs.

For as a young man marries a young woman who has never had a man, your sons will marry you. And as the man to be married finds joy in his bride, so your God will find joy in you.

I looked, and there was no one to help. I wondered that there was no one to help. So My own arm brought saving power to Me, and My anger helped Me.

For He said, "For sure they are My people, sons who will not be false to Me." So He saved them from the punishment of sin.

But they turned against Him and made His Holy Spirit have sorrow. So He turned Himself and hated them, and fought against them.

Like cattle that go down into the valley, the Spirit of the Lord gave them rest. So You led Your people, to make for Yourself a great and honored name.

O Lord, why do You make us turn aside from Your ways and make our hearts hard so we do not fear You? Return because of Your servants, the families of Your promised land.

Do not be so angry, O Lord. Do not remember our sin forever. Look now, all of us are Your people.

So the Lord God says, "See, My servants will eat, but you will be hungry. See, My servants will drink, but you will be thirsty. See, My servants will be glad, but you will be put to shame.

My hands made all these things, and so all these things came into being," says the Lord. "But I will look to the one who has no pride and is broken in spirit, and who shakes with fear at My Word.

So I will choose their punishments, and will bring on them what they are most afraid of. I called, but no one answered, and spoke, but they did not listen. They did what was sinful in My eyes, and chose what did not please Me."

"Go and speak so those in Jerusalem will hear, ‘This is what the Lord says: "I remember how you loved Me when you were young. Your love was as a bride. I remember how you followed Me in the desert, through a land that had not been planted.

The Lord says, "What wrong did your fathers find in Me, that they turned so far from Me and followed false gods?

"So I will still fight with you," says the Lord. "And I will fight your children's children.