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For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie; so he became their Saviour.

And like cattle that go down into the valley, the Spirit of the LORD leading them; so didst thou lead thy people and make for thyself a glorious name.

O LORD, why hast thou made us to err from thy way and hardened our heart so as not to reverence thee? Return, for thy servants sake, the tribes of thy heritage.

That they might melt as wax melts before the fire, and that fire might devour thy enemies, that thy name might be made known to thy enemies, so that the nations might tremble at thy presence!

Thus says the LORD: As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one says to another, Destroy it not, for a blessing is in it; so will I do for my servants sake, and I will not destroy them all.

So that he who blesses himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he who swears in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from my presence.

As one whom his mother comforts, so will I comfort you; and you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.

For as the new heavens and the new earth which I will snake shall remain before me, says the LORD, So shall your descendants and your name remain.

As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so the children of Israel are ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets,

Why do you gad about so much to change your ways? You shall also be ashamed of Egypt, even as you were ashamed of Assyria.

And her whoredom was so excessive that she defiled the land and committed adultery with idols of stone and wood,

Surely as a wife lies about her lover, so has the house of Israel lied against me, says the LORD.

Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, you men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem; lest my wrath come forth like fire, and burn so that no one can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.

Therefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them and hungry wolves of the evening shall tear them in pieces; a leopard shall lie in wait over their cities; every one that goes out thence shall be torn in pieces, because their transgressions are multiplied and become so strong that they will not repent.

And it shall come to pass, when you shall say, Why does the LORD our God do all these things to us? Then you shall say to them, Thus says the LORD. Because you have forsaken me and served strange gods in your land, so you shall serve strangers in a land that is not yours.

As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit;

The prophets prophesy falsely and the priests have supported them; and my people love to have it so; and what will you do at the end?

As a cistern that gathers its water, so has she gathered her wickedness; violence and plunder are heard in her; before me continually are grief and wounds.

Also I set watchmen over you, so that you might hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But you said, We will not hearken.

It is not I that they provoke, says the LORD, but they provoke themselves so that they may be ashamed.