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All day long I stood ready to accept
    people who turned against me,
but the way they continue to live is not good;
    they do anything they want to do.
Right in front of me
    they continue to do things that make me angry.
    They offer sacrifices to their gods in their gardens,
    and they burn incense on altars of brick.
They sit among the graves
    and spend their nights waiting to get messages from the dead.
They eat the meat of pigs,
    and their pots are full of soup made from meat that is wrong to eat.

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All day long I have held out my hands
    to an obstinate people,(A)
who walk in ways not good,
    pursuing their own imaginations(B)
a people who continually provoke me
    to my very face,(C)
offering sacrifices in gardens(D)
    and burning incense(E) on altars of brick;
who sit among the graves(F)
    and spend their nights keeping secret vigil;
who eat the flesh of pigs,(G)
    and whose pots hold broth of impure meat;

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