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[a](A)Oh that I had in the desert
A travelers’ lodging place,
That I might leave my people
And go from them!
For all of them are (B)adulterers,
A solemn assembly of (C)treacherous men.

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  1. Jeremiah 9:2 Ch 9:1 in Heb

There is (A)swearing of oaths, (B)deception, (C)murder, (D)stealing, and (E)adultery.
They break forth in violence so that (F)bloodshed [a]follows bloodshed.
Therefore the land (G)mourns,
And everyone who inhabits it languishes
Along with the beasts of the field and the birds of the sky,
And also the fish of the sea [b]disappear.

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  1. Hosea 4:2 Lit touches
  2. Hosea 4:3 Lit are gathered up

“Then I will draw near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the (A)sorcerers and against the (B)adulterers and against those who (C)swear falsely and against those who oppress the (D)wage earner in his wages, the (E)widow and the [a]orphan, and those who turn aside the (F)sojourner and do not [b]fear Me,” says Yahweh of hosts.

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Footnotes

  1. Malachi 3:5 Or fatherless
  2. Malachi 3:5 Or reverence