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16 And the eulogists of this people are causing to err, And its eulogised ones are consumed.

17 Therefore, over its young men the Lord rejoiceth not, And its orphans, and its widows He pitieth not, For every one [is] profane, and an evil doer, And every mouth is speaking folly. With all this not turned back hath His anger, And still His hand is stretched out.

18 For burned as a fire hath wickedness, Brier and thorn it devoureth, And it kindleth in thickets of the forest, And they lift themselves up, an exaltation of smoke!

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16 Those who guide(A) this people mislead them,
    and those who are guided are led astray.(B)
17 Therefore the Lord will take no pleasure in the young men,(C)
    nor will he pity(D) the fatherless and widows,
for everyone is ungodly(E) and wicked,(F)
    every mouth speaks folly.(G)

Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,
    his hand is still upraised.(H)

18 Surely wickedness burns like a fire;(I)
    it consumes briers and thorns,(J)
it sets the forest thickets ablaze,(K)
    so that it rolls upward in a column of smoke.

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