17 And in that day I will become angry(A) with them and forsake(B) them; I will hide(C) my face(D) from them, and they will be destroyed. Many disasters(E) and calamities will come on them, and in that day they will ask, ‘Have not these disasters come on us because our God is not with us?’(F)

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He went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The Lord is with you(A) when you are with him.(B) If you seek(C) him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.(D)

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But now you have rejected(A) and humbled us;(B)
    you no longer go out with our armies.(C)
10 You made us retreat(D) before the enemy,
    and our adversaries have plundered(E) us.
11 You gave us up to be devoured like sheep(F)
    and have scattered us among the nations.(G)
12 You sold your people for a pittance,(H)
    gaining nothing from their sale.

13 You have made us a reproach(I) to our neighbors,(J)
    the scorn(K) and derision(L) of those around us.
14 You have made us a byword(M) among the nations;
    the peoples shake their heads(N) at us.
15 I live in disgrace(O) all day long,
    and my face is covered with shame(P)
16 at the taunts(Q) of those who reproach and revile(R) me,
    because of the enemy, who is bent on revenge.(S)

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