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Burn leavened bread as a thank offering;
    announce your voluntary offerings loudly,
for so you love to do, O children of Israel,
    says the Lord God.

Though I gave you cleanness of teeth in all your cities
    and lack of food in all your places,
    yet you did not return to Me,
    says the Lord.

I also withheld the rain from you,
    when there were still three months to the harvest.
I would send rain on one town,
    and send no rain on another town.
One field would receive rain,
    but another field without rain would wither.

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Burn leavened bread(A) as a thank offering
    and brag about your freewill offerings(B)
boast about them, you Israelites,
    for this is what you love to do,”
declares the Sovereign Lord.

“I gave you empty stomachs in every city
    and lack of bread in every town,
    yet you have not returned to me,”
declares the Lord.(C)

“I also withheld(D) rain from you
    when the harvest was still three months away.
I sent rain on one town,
    but withheld it from another.(E)
One field had rain;
    another had none and dried up.

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