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20 You will work hard, but it will not help. Your land will not give any crops, and your trees will not grow their fruit.

21 “If you still turn against me and refuse to obey me, I will beat you seven times harder! The more you sin, the more you will be punished. 22 I will send wild animals against you. They will take your children away from you. They will destroy your animals. They will kill many of your people. The roads will all be empty.

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20 Your strength will be spent in vain,(A) because your soil will not yield its crops, nor will the trees of your land yield their fruit.(B)

21 “‘If you remain hostile(C) toward me and refuse to listen to me, I will multiply your afflictions seven times over,(D) as your sins deserve. 22 I will send wild animals(E) against you, and they will rob you of your children, destroy your cattle and make you so few(F) in number that your roads will be deserted.(G)

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