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35 As long as the land lies in ruins, it will enjoy the rest you never allowed it to take every seventh year while you lived in it.

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35 All the time that it lies desolate, the land will have the rest(A) it did not have during the sabbaths you lived in it.

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22 For we know that all creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time.

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22 We know that the whole creation has been groaning(A) as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time.

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The earth suffers for the sins of its people,
    for they have twisted God’s instructions,
violated his laws,
    and broken his everlasting covenant.
Therefore, a curse consumes the earth.
    Its people must pay the price for their sin.
They are destroyed by fire,
    and only a few are left alive.

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The earth is defiled(A) by its people;
    they have disobeyed(B) the laws,
violated the statutes
    and broken the everlasting covenant.(C)
Therefore a curse(D) consumes the earth;
    its people must bear their guilt.
Therefore earth’s inhabitants are burned up,(E)
    and very few are left.

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