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Their heart was ·false [or divided; fickle],
    and now they must ·pay for [bear] their guilt.
The Lord will break down their altars;
    he will destroy their holy stone pillars.

Then they will say, “We have no king,
    because we didn’t ·honor [revere; fear] the Lord [Prov. 1:7].
As for the king,
    ·he couldn’t do anything [L what could he do…?] for us.”
With words that mean nothing they make ·false [empty] ·promises [oaths]
    and ·agreements [covenants; treaties] which they don’t keep.
So ·people sue each other in court [L lawsuits/judgments spring up];
    they are like poisonous weeds growing in [L the rows/furrows of] a plowed field.

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