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34 The blood of those you have killed is on your clothes.
    You have destroyed poor people who were not guilty.
    You did not catch them in the act of breaking in.
In spite of all this,
35     you say, ‘I’m not guilty of doing anything wrong.
    The Lord isn’t angry with me.’
But I will judge you.
    That’s because you say, ‘I haven’t sinned.’
36 Why do you keep on
    changing your ways so much?
Assyria did not help you.
    And Egypt will not help you either.

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34 On your clothes is found
    the lifeblood(A) of the innocent poor,
    though you did not catch them breaking in.(B)
Yet in spite of all this
35     you say, ‘I am innocent;(C)
    he is not angry with me.’
But I will pass judgment(D) on you
    because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’(E)
36 Why do you go about so much,
    changing(F) your ways?
You will be disappointed by Egypt(G)
    as you were by Assyria.

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