14 “Therefore (A)do not pray for this people, or lift up a cry or prayer on their behalf, (B)for I will not listen when they call to me in the time of their trouble. 15 (C)What right has my beloved in my house, (D)when she has done many vile deeds? Can even sacrificial flesh avert your doom? (E)Can you then exult? 16 The Lord once called you (F)‘a green olive tree, beautiful with good fruit.’ But (G)with the roar of a great tempest he will set fire to it, and (H)its branches will be consumed.

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