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12 On that day the Lord,
    the Lord of hosts,
called on you to eat and mourn,
    to shave your head and put on sackcloth.
13 But instead you indulged in joy and merriment,
    the killing of oxen and the slaughtering of sheep,
    the eating of meat and the drinking of wine,
saying, “Let us eat and drink,
    for tomorrow we die.”

14 Then the Lord of hosts revealed this to me:

This wickedness will not be forgiven you
    until you die,
    says the Lord God of hosts.

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12 The Lord, the Lord Almighty,
    called you on that day(A)
to weep(B) and to wail,
    to tear out your hair(C) and put on sackcloth.(D)
13 But see, there is joy and revelry,(E)
    slaughtering of cattle and killing of sheep,
    eating of meat and drinking of wine!(F)
“Let us eat and drink,” you say,
    “for tomorrow we die!”(G)

14 The Lord Almighty has revealed this in my hearing:(H) “Till your dying day this sin will not be atoned(I) for,” says the Lord, the Lord Almighty.

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