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Even though you claim to worship the Lord,
    you do not mean what you say.
Surely the Lord looks for faithfulness.
He struck you, but you paid no attention;
    he crushed you, but you refused to learn.
You were stubborn and would not turn from your sins.
Then I thought, “These are only the poor and ignorant.
They behave foolishly;
    they don't know what their God requires,
    what the Lord wants them to do.

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Although they say, ‘As surely as the Lord lives,’(A)
    still they are swearing falsely.(B)

Lord, do not your eyes(C) look for truth?
    You struck(D) them, but they felt no pain;
    you crushed them, but they refused correction.(E)
They made their faces harder than stone(F)
    and refused to repent.(G)
I thought, “These are only the poor;
    they are foolish,(H)
for they do not know(I) the way of the Lord,
    the requirements of their God.

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