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    and mix dust in the grain.
Those who are needy and poor
    don't have any money.
We will make them our slaves
for the price
    of a pair of sandals.”

I, the Lord, won't forget
    any of this,
though you take great pride
    in your ancestor Jacob.[a]
Your country will tremble,
    and you will mourn.
It will be like the Nile River
that rises and overflows,
    then sinks back down.

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Footnotes

  1. 8.7 though … Jacob: Or “though I am the God that Jacob proudly worshiped.”

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