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Hear the word of the Lord , O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel.

Thus says the Lord , "^(g)What injustice did your fathers find in Me, That they went far from Me And walked after ^(h)emptiness and became empty?

"They did not say, ‘Where is the Lord Who ⁽ⁱ⁾brought us up out of the land of Egypt, Who ^(j)led us through the wilderness, Through a land of deserts and of pits, Through a land of drought and of ^[b]deep darkness, Through a land that no one crossed And where no man dwelt?'

"I brought you into the ^(k)fruitful land To eat its fruit and its good things. But you came and ^(l)defiled My land, And My inheritance you made an abomination.

"The ^(m)priests did not say, ‘Where is the Lord ?' And those who handle the law ⁽ⁿ⁾did not know Me; The ^[c]rulers also transgressed against Me, And the ^(o)prophets prophesied by Baal And walked after ^(p)things that did not profit.