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The Prophet

Lord, don’t your eyes look for faithfulness?
You struck them,
but they felt no pain.
You crushed them,
but they refused discipline.
They made their faces harder than rock
and refused to repent.
Then I said:
    These are only the poor.
    They are foolish,
    because they do not know the way of the Lord
    and the just verdict of their God.
    I will go to the great men and speak to them.
    Certainly they know the way of the Lord,
    the just verdict of their God.
    But all of them together have broken the yoke
    and have torn off their chains.

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Lord, do not your eyes(A) look for truth?
    You struck(B) them, but they felt no pain;
    you crushed them, but they refused correction.(C)
They made their faces harder than stone(D)
    and refused to repent.(E)
I thought, “These are only the poor;
    they are foolish,(F)
for they do not know(G) the way of the Lord,
    the requirements of their God.
So I will go to the leaders(H)
    and speak to them;
surely they know the way of the Lord,
    the requirements of their God.”
But with one accord they too had broken off the yoke
    and torn off the bonds.(I)

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