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26 So I say, ‘My dear people, show that you are sorry.
    Wear sackcloth and sit in ashes.
Weep and cry aloud,
    as if your only child had died.
Realize that the enemy's army will soon be here
    and they are ready to destroy us.’

27 The Lord said to me,

‘I have sent you to test my people.
    Test them like someone tests metal.
Watch them carefully,
    to see how they live.
28 They have completely turned against God.
    They refuse to change their minds.
They tell lies against people,
    and they cheat them.

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