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27 You call wood your father.
    You call stone your mother.
    You’ve turned your backs, not your faces, to me.
    But when you’re in trouble, you ask me to come and rescue you.
28 Where are the gods that you made for yourselves?
    Let them come and rescue you when you’re in trouble.
        You have as many gods as you have cities, Judah!

29 “Why do you complain about me?
    All of you have rebelled against me,” declares Yahweh.

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27 They say to wood,(A) ‘You are my father,’
    and to stone,(B) ‘You gave me birth.’
They have turned their backs(C) to me
    and not their faces;(D)
yet when they are in trouble,(E) they say,
    ‘Come and save(F) us!’
28 Where then are the gods(G) you made for yourselves?
    Let them come if they can save you
    when you are in trouble!(H)
For you, Judah, have as many gods
    as you have towns.(I)

29 “Why do you bring charges against me?
    You have all(J) rebelled against me,”
declares the Lord.

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