19 The Lord saw this and rejected them(A)
    because he was angered by his sons and daughters.(B)
20 “I will hide my face(C) from them,” he said,
    “and see what their end will be;
for they are a perverse generation,(D)
    children who are unfaithful.(E)
21 They made me jealous(F) by what is no god
    and angered me with their worthless idols.(G)
I will make them envious by those who are not a people;
    I will make them angry by a nation that has no understanding.(H)
22 For a fire will be kindled by my wrath,(I)
    one that burns down to the realm of the dead below.(J)
It will devour(K) the earth and its harvests(L)
    and set afire the foundations of the mountains.(M)

23 “I will heap calamities(N) on them
    and spend my arrows(O) against them.
24 I will send wasting famine(P) against them,
    consuming pestilence(Q) and deadly plague;(R)
I will send against them the fangs of wild beasts,(S)
    the venom of vipers(T) that glide in the dust.(U)
25 In the street the sword will make them childless;
    in their homes terror(V) will reign.(W)
The young men and young women will perish,
    the infants and those with gray hair.(X)

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