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19 But am I really the one they are hurting? No, they are hurting themselves and bringing shame on themselves. 20 And so I, the Sovereign Lord, will pour out my fierce anger on this Temple. I will pour it out on people and animals alike, and even on the trees and the crops. My anger will be like a fire that no one can put out.

21 “My people, some sacrifices you burn completely on the altar, and some you are permitted to eat. But what I, the Lord, say is that you might as well eat them all.

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19 But am I the one they are provoking?(A) declares the Lord. Are they not rather harming themselves, to their own shame?(B)

20 “‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign(C) Lord says: My anger(D) and my wrath will be poured(E) out on this place—on man and beast, on the trees of the field and on the crops of your land—and it will burn and not be quenched.(F)

21 “‘This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Go ahead, add your burnt offerings to your other sacrifices(G) and eat(H) the meat yourselves!

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