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12 Be incredulous at this, O heavens;
    shudder in your horror, says the Lord.
13 For my people are guilty of two evils:
    they have forsaken me,
    the fountain of living water,
and they have dug cisterns for themselves,
    cracked cisterns that hold no water.
14 Is Israel a slave?
    Was he born to be a servant?
    Why then has he become plunder?

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12 Be appalled at this, you heavens,
    and shudder with great horror,”
declares the Lord.
13 “My people have committed two sins:
They have forsaken(A) me,
    the spring of living water,(B)
and have dug their own cisterns,
    broken cisterns that cannot hold water.
14 Is Israel a servant, a slave(C) by birth?
    Why then has he become plunder?

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