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\c 12
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\q1
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\v 1 The people of Israel do only what is useless;
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\q2 they do only things that will destroy them.
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\q2 They tell more and more lies; they do more and more acts of violence.
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\q1 They make a treaty with Assyria,
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\q2 and they send olive oil to Egypt,
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\q1 to persuade those nations to protect them.
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\q1
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\v 2 Yahweh is also accusing the people of Judah of breaking his covenant.
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\q2 He will punish those descendants of Jacob for what they have done.
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\q1 He will pay them back; he will give them what they deserve.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 3 When Jacob was in his mother's womb, he grabbed his brother Esau's heel because he wanted to take his brother's place and be the firstborn.
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\q2 When Jacob grew up, he wrestled with God.
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\q1
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\v 4 When the angel appeared to him, he struggled with him and won.
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\q2 Jacob cried out to the angel and begged him to bless him.
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\q1 Jacob found Yahweh at Bethel;
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\q2 it was there that Yahweh spoke with him.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 5 This is Yahweh, the God of the angel armies!
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\q2 "Yahweh" is the name by which we should worship him.
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\q1
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\v 6 Turn to your God!
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\q2 Obey his covenant and do what is right.
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\q1 Never stop trusting in your God for him to help you.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 7 The merchants are wicked; they use scales that give wrong weights and measures,
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\q2 so they can cheat those who buy from them.
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\q1
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\v 8 The people of Israel boast,
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\q2 "We are very rich,
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\q1 and we have found ways to make ourselves even more wealthy than we are now.
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\q2 In all our buying and selling, no one can see anything wrong in what we do."
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 9 But Yahweh says, "I am Yahweh, whom you should worship;
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\q2 I am the one who brought your ancestors out of Egypt.
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\q1 I will force you away from your homes and make you live in tents again,
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\q2 just as when you live in tents for a few days every year
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\q1 when you celebrate the Festival of Shelters.
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\q1
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\v 10 Many times I spoke to the prophets and gave them messages, for them to give to you;
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\q2 and I gave them many visions for you,
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\q2 and I gave them parables, for them to speak to you."
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\q1
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\v 11 The prophet says that if it is true that the people in the region of Gilead are wicked,
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\q2 then surely they are also worthless!
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\q1 In Gilgal they kill bulls and offer them to their idols;
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\q2 but these altars will be pulled down and turned into piles of stones in their fields.
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\q1
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\v 12 Jacob fled to the land of Aram;
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\q2 he, whose name God would later change to Israel, worked many years so he could marry a woman.
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\q2 He took care of his uncle's sheep in order to marry her.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 13 Yahweh used the prophet Moses to bring Israel out of Egypt,
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\q2 and he took care of them by the prophet who led them.
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\q1
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\v 14 The people of Israel have caused Yahweh to become very angry;
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\q2 their Lord says that they are guilty of the death of many, and that their guilt remains on them.
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\q2 He will pay them back because they have insulted him with their shameful deeds.
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