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"In vain I have struck your sons; They did not accept discipline. Your sword has devoured your prophets Like a destroying lion.

In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.

"You generation, look to the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness to Israel, Or a land of thick darkness? Why do My people say, 'We are free to roam; We will no longer come to You'?

O generation, see ye the word of the Lord . Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no more unto thee?

"Can a virgin forget her jewelry, Or a bride her attire? Yet My people have forgotten Me For days without number.

Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.