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People of Jacob, hear the Lord’s message.
    Listen, all you tribes of Israel.

The Lord says,

“What did your people of long ago find wrong with me?
    Why did they wander so far away from me?
They worshiped worthless statues of gods.
    Then they themselves became worthless.
They did not ask, ‘Where is the Lord?
    He brought us up out of Egypt.
He led us through a dry and empty land.
    He guided us through deserts and deep valleys.
It was a land of total darkness where there wasn’t any rain.
    No one lived or traveled there.’

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Hear the word of the Lord, you descendants of Jacob,
    all you clans of Israel.

This is what the Lord says:

“What fault did your ancestors find in me,
    that they strayed so far from me?
They followed worthless idols(A)
    and became worthless(B) themselves.
They did not ask, ‘Where is the Lord,
    who brought us up out of Egypt(C)
and led us through the barren wilderness,
    through a land of deserts(D) and ravines,(E)
a land of drought and utter darkness,
    a land where no one travels(F) and no one lives?’

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