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12 Be horrified over this, heaven.
    Be terribly afraid,” declares Yahweh.
13 “My people have done two things wrong.
    They have abandoned me,
        the fountain of life-giving water.
    They have also dug their own cisterns,
        broken cisterns that can’t hold water.

14 “Are the people of Israel slaves?
    Were they born into slavery?
        Why, then, have they become someone’s property?

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12 Be appalled at this, you heavens,
    and shudder with great horror,”
declares the Lord.
13 “My people have committed two sins:
They have forsaken(A) me,
    the spring of living water,(B)
and have dug their own cisterns,
    broken cisterns that cannot hold water.
14 Is Israel a servant, a slave(C) by birth?
    Why then has he become plunder?

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