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Has the Lord struck them down
    as he struck down those who struck him?
Has he slaughtered them
    as their attackers were slaughtered?
By expelling and exiling them
    he has taken action against them,
removing them with a breath
    as fierce as the east wind.
In this way will the guilt of Jacob be expiated
    and the full fruit of renouncing his sin will occur,
when he crushes all the altar stones to pieces
    like lumps of chalk,
    and no sacred poles and incense altars
    will remain standing.

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