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31 You, generation, heed Adonai’s word!
    “Have I been a wilderness to Israel
        or a land of thick darkness?
    Why do My people say, ‘We are free to roam.
        We won’t come to You any more’?
32 Can a virgin forget her ornaments,
        or a bride her attire?
    Yet My people have forgotten Me,
        days without number.
33 How clever are your ways of seeking love.
    Therefore you even taught wicked women your ways.

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31 “You of this generation, consider the word of the Lord:

“Have I been a desert to Israel
    or a land of great darkness?(A)
Why do my people say, ‘We are free to roam;
    we will come to you no more’?(B)
32 Does a young woman forget her jewelry,
    a bride her wedding ornaments?
Yet my people have forgotten(C) me,
    days without number.
33 How skilled you are at pursuing(D) love!
    Even the worst of women can learn from your ways.

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