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25     It is your sins that hold back the rain.
        It is your rebellion that keeps good things from happening to you.
26     Lurking among My own people are the wicked
        who watch and wait, preying on the less fortunate.
    Like hunters who set traps for birds,
        they ensnare people for their own benefit.
27     Like a cage full of noisy birds, their homes are filled with screeching lies.
        This is how they have become so rich and important—because others fell for their lies.

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25 Your wrongdoings have kept these away;
    your sins have deprived you of good.(A)

26 “Among my people are the wicked(B)
    who lie in wait(C) like men who snare birds
    and like those who set traps(D) to catch people.
27 Like cages full of birds,
    their houses are full of deceit;(E)
they have become rich(F) and powerful

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