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Their heart is divided;
    now they must bear their guilt.
He will break down their altars
    and destroy their pillars.

For now they will say,
    “We have no king,
because we do not fear the Lord;
    and a king, what could he do for us?”
They speak mere words,
    swearing falsely
    in making a covenant.
Thus judgment springs up like a poisonous plant
    in the furrows of the field.

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