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18 And I have recompensed a first -- A second time -- their iniquity and their sin, Because of their polluting My land, With the carcase of their detestable things, Yea, their abominable things have filled Mine inheritance.

19 O Jehovah, my strength, and my fortress, And my refuge in a day of adversity, Unto Thee nations do come from the ends of earth, And say, Only falsehood did our fathers inherit, Vanity, and none among them is profitable.

20 Doth man make for himself gods, And they -- no gods?

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18 I will repay(A) them double(B) for their wickedness and their sin, because they have defiled my land(C) with the lifeless forms of their vile images(D) and have filled my inheritance with their detestable idols.(E)(F)

19 Lord, my strength and my fortress,
    my refuge(G) in time of distress,
to you the nations will come(H)
    from the ends of the earth and say,
“Our ancestors possessed nothing but false gods,(I)
    worthless idols(J) that did them no good.(K)
20 Do people make their own gods?
    Yes, but they are not gods!”(L)

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