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18 But now, what is on the road to Egypt?
        Drinking the waters of the Nile?
    Or what is on the road to Assyria?
        Drinking the waters of the Euphrates?
19 Your own wickedness will rebuke you
        and your backslidings will chide you.
    Know then and see
    how bad and bitter it is for you
    to forsake Adonai your God.
    Nor is fear of Me in you.”
It is a declaration of the Lord Adonai-Tzva’ot.

20 “Indeed, long ago I broke your yoke
        and tore off your bonds.
    You said, ‘I will not serve!’
    Instead, on every high hill
        and under every green tree
        you sprawled out as a prostitute.

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