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O Lord , do not ^(e)Your eyes look for ^[b]truth? You have ^(f)smitten them, But they did not ^[c]weaken; You have consumed them, But they ^(g)refused to take correction. They have ^(h)made their faces harder than rock; They have refused to repent.

Then I said, "They are only the poor, They are foolish; For they ⁽ⁱ⁾do not know the way of the Lord Or the ordinance of their God.

"I will go to the great And will speak to them, For ^(j)they know the way of the Lord And the ordinance of their God." But they too, with one accord, have ^(k)broken the yoke And burst the bonds.

Therefore ^(l)a lion from the forest will slay them, A ^(m)wolf of the deserts will destroy them, A ⁽ⁿ⁾leopard is watching their cities. Everyone who goes out of them will be torn in pieces, Because their ^(o)transgressions are many, Their apostasies are numerous.