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24 Israel sinned and refused
to obey the Lord
    or follow his instructions.
So the Lord let us be robbed
    of everything we owned.
25 He was furious with us
and punished our nation
    with the fires of war.
Still we paid no attention.
    We didn't even care
when we were surrounded
    and scorched by flames.

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24 Who handed Jacob over to become loot,
    and Israel to the plunderers?(A)
Was it not the Lord,(B)
    against whom we have sinned?
For they would not follow(C) his ways;
    they did not obey his law.(D)
25 So he poured out on them his burning anger,(E)
    the violence of war.
It enveloped them in flames,(F) yet they did not understand;(G)
    it consumed them, but they did not take it to heart.(H)

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