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17 Neither shall he have a great number of wives, lest his heart turn away,(A) nor shall he accumulate a vast amount of silver and gold.

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18 You were called by that glorious name
    which was conferred upon Israel.[a]
Gold you gathered like so much iron;
    you heaped up silver as though it were lead.

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Footnotes

  1. 47:18 Cf. 2 Sm 12:25, where Solomon is called Jedidiah, “beloved of the Lord.” A similar term is used of Israel in Jer 11:15.