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30 “I punished your people. But it did not do them any good.
    They did not pay attention when they were corrected.
You have killed your prophets by swords.
    You have swallowed them up like a hungry lion.

31 “You who are now living, consider my message. I am saying,

“Have I been like a desert to Israel?
    Have I been like a land of deep darkness?
Why do my people say, ‘We are free to wander.
    We won’t come to you anymore’?
32 Does a young woman forget all about her jewelry?
    Does a bride forget her wedding jewels?
But my people have forgotten me
    more days than anyone can count.

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