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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And though they say, The Lord liveth; surely they swear falsely.

O Lord, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.

Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the Lord, nor the judgment of their God.

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