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23 Which justify the rasha for shochad (bribe), and take away the tzidkat tzaddikim from him!

24 Therefore as the eish licketh up the stubble, and the flame consumeth the dry grass, so their shoresh shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust; because they have cast away the Torat Hashem Tzva’os, and spurned the word of the Kadosh Yisroel.

25 Therefore is the Af Hashem kindled against His people, and He hath stretched forth His yad against them, and hath struck them down; and the mountains did tremble, and their nevilah were like refuse in the streets. For all this His anger is not turned away, but His yad is stretched out still.

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23 who acquit the guilty for a bribe,(A)
    but deny justice(B) to the innocent.(C)
24 Therefore, as tongues of fire(D) lick up straw(E)
    and as dry grass sinks down in the flames,
so their roots will decay(F)
    and their flowers blow away like dust;(G)
for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty
    and spurned the word(H) of the Holy One(I) of Israel.
25 Therefore the Lord’s anger(J) burns against his people;
    his hand is raised and he strikes them down.
The mountains shake,(K)
    and the dead bodies(L) are like refuse(M) in the streets.(N)

Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,(O)
    his hand is still upraised.(P)

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