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The Lord Rebukes Judah

15 What right does my beloved have to be in my house
    when she perpetrates such vile deeds?
Can vows and sacrificial meat
    turn away the disaster that threatens you
    and allow you to exult?
16 The Lord once called you a green olive tree
    that was filled with leaves and fruit.
But now, with the roar of a mighty storm,
    he will set it ablaze,
    and its branches will be consumed.

17 The Lord of hosts who planted you has decreed that misfortune will befall you because of the evil done by the house of Israel and the house of Judah, having provoked me to anger by offering sacrifices to Baal.

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