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I stretched out my hands all day long to stubborn people.
    They chose to go the wrong direction.
    They followed their own plans.
These people constantly and openly provoked me.
    They offered sacrifices in gardens
        and burnt incense on brick altars.
They sat among the graves and spent their nights in caves.
    They ate pork and in their pots made broth from unclean foods.

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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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