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30 “I have struck your children in vain.
    They received no correction.
Your own sword has devoured your prophets,
    like a destroying lion.
31 Generation, consider Yahweh’s word.
    Have I been a wilderness to Israel?
    Or a land of thick darkness?
Why do my people say, ‘We have broken loose.
    We will come to you no more’?
32 “Can a virgin forget her ornaments,
    or a bride her attire?
    Yet my people have forgotten me for days without number.

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30 In vain have I (A)struck your children;
    they took no correction;
(B)your own sword devoured your prophets
    like a ravening lion.
31 And you, O generation, behold the word of the Lord.
Have I been a wilderness to Israel,
    or a land of thick darkness?
Why then do my people say, ‘We are free,
    we will come no more to you’?
32 (C)Can a virgin forget her ornaments,
    or a bride her attire?
Yet (D)my people have forgotten me
    days without number.

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