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O Yahweh, don’t your eyes look on truth? You have stricken them, but they were not grieved. You have consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction. They have made their faces harder than a rock. They have refused to return.

Then I said, “Surely these are poor. They are foolish; for they don’t know Yahweh’s way, nor the law of their God. I will go to the great men and will speak to them, for they know the way of Yahweh, and the law of their God.” But these with one accord have broken the yoke, and burst the bonds. Therefore a lion out of the forest will kill them. A wolf of the evenings will destroy them. A leopard will watch against their cities. Everyone who goes out there will be torn in pieces, because their transgressions are many and their backsliding has increased.

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Lord, don’t your eyes look for faithfulness?(A)
You have struck them, but they felt no pain.(B)
You finished them off,
but they refused to accept discipline.(C)
They made their faces harder than rock,(D)
and they refused to return.(E)

Then I thought:

They are just the poor;
they have been foolish.
For they don’t understand the way of the Lord,(F)
the justice of their God.(G)
I will go to the powerful
and speak to them.
Surely they know the way of the Lord,
the justice of their God.(H)
However, these also had broken the yoke
and torn off the chains.(I)
Therefore, a lion from the forest will strike them down.(J)
A wolf from arid plains will ravage them.
A leopard(K) stalks their cities.
Anyone who leaves them will be torn to pieces
because their rebellious acts are many,(L)
their unfaithful deeds numerous.(M)

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