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31 O generation, consider the word of the Lord:

Have I been a wilderness to Israel?
    A land of darkness?
Why do My people say, “We are free to roam.
    We will come no more to You”?
32 Can a virgin forget her ornaments,
    or a bride her attire?
Yet My people have forgotten Me
    for days without number.
33 You prepare your way very well to seek love.
    Therefore you have also taught the wicked women your ways.

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31 “You of this generation, consider the word of the Lord:

“Have I been a desert to Israel
    or a land of great darkness?(A)
Why do my people say, ‘We are free to roam;
    we will come to you no more’?(B)
32 Does a young woman forget her jewelry,
    a bride her wedding ornaments?
Yet my people have forgotten(C) me,
    days without number.
33 How skilled you are at pursuing(D) love!
    Even the worst of women can learn from your ways.

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