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Even when making a pledge—“As the Lord lives”—
    they swear falsely.
Lord, don’t you look for integrity?
You have struck them down,
    but they didn’t even cringe.
You have crushed them,
    but they have ignored your discipline.
They make their faces harder than rock
    and refuse to return.
Then I thought to myself,
    These are the poor who don’t know better!
    They don’t understand the Lord’s way
        or the justice of their God.

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Although they say, ‘As surely as the Lord lives,’(A)
    still they are swearing falsely.(B)

Lord, do not your eyes(C) look for truth?
    You struck(D) them, but they felt no pain;
    you crushed them, but they refused correction.(E)
They made their faces harder than stone(F)
    and refused to repent.(G)
I thought, “These are only the poor;
    they are foolish,(H)
for they do not know(I) the way of the Lord,
    the requirements of their God.

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