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-# Why didn't the Lord have compassion on their fatherless and widows?
+# Why did the Lord not have compassion on their fatherless and widows?
 
-He didn't have compassion on them because everyone was a godless evildoer and every mouth spoke foolish things. 
+He did not have compassion on them because everyone was a godless evildoer and every mouth spoke foolish things. 
 
 # After all this did Yahweh's anger subside?
 
-No, Yahweh's anger didn't subside. His hand was still stretched out to strike Israel. 
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+No, Yahweh's anger did not subside. His hand was still stretched out to strike Israel. 
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