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and led them through the depths like a horse in the wilderness, so that they did not stumble.

Why, Yahweh, do You make us stray from Your ways? You harden our hearts so we do not fear You. Return, because of Your servants, the tribes of Your heritage.

If only You would tear the heavens open and come down, so that mountains would quake at Your presence—

as fire kindles the brushwood, and fire causes water to boil— to make Your name known to Your enemies, so that nations will tremble at Your presence!

The Lord says this: As the new wine is found in a bunch of grapes, and one says, ‘Don't destroy it, for there's some good in it,' so I will act because of My servants and not destroy them all.

My hand made all these things, and so they all came into being. This is the Lord 's declaration. I will look favorably on this kind of person: one who is humble, submissive in spirit, and trembles at My word.

So I will choose their punishment, and I will bring on them what they dread because I called and no one answered; I spoke and they didn't hear; they did what was evil in My sight and chose what I didn't delight in.

You who tremble at His word, hear the word of the Lord : "Your brothers who hate and exclude you because of Me have said, ‘Let the Lord be glorified so that we can see your joy!' But they will be put to shame."

so that you may nurse and be satisfied from her comforting breast and drink deeply and delight yourselves from her glorious breasts.

As a mother comforts her son, so I will comfort you, and you will be comforted in Jerusalem.

"For just as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, will endure before Me"— this is the Lord 's declaration— "so your offspring and your name will endure.

This is what the Lord says: What fault did your fathers find in Me that they went so far from Me, followed worthless idols, and became worthless themselves?

Like the shame of a thief when he is caught, so the house of Israel has been put to shame. They, their kings, their officials, their priests, and their prophets

However, as a woman may betray her lover, so you have betrayed Me, house of Israel. This is the Lord 's declaration.

Wash the evil from your heart, Jerusalem, so that you will be delivered. How long will you harbor malicious thoughts within you?

When people ask, ‘For what offense has the Lord our God done all these things to us?' You will respond to them: Just as you abandoned Me and served foreign gods in your land, so will you serve strangers in a land that is not yours.

Like a cage full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have grown powerful and rich.

They have become fat and sleek. They have also excelled in evil matters. They have not taken up cases, such as the case of the fatherless, so they might prosper, and they have not defended the rights of the needy.

As a well gushes out its water, so she pours out her evil. Violence and destruction resound in her. Sickness and wounds keep coming to My attention.

Who can I speak to and give such a warning that they will listen? Look, their ear is uncircumcised, so they cannot pay attention. See, the word of the Lord has become contemptible to them— they find no pleasure in it.