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Surely now they will say, “We have no king; for we don’t fear Yahweh;
    and the king, what can he do for us?”
They make promises, swearing falsely in making covenants.
    Therefore judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field.

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In fact, they are now saying,
“We have no king!
For we do not fear the Lord.(A)
What can a king do for us?”
They speak mere words,
taking false oaths while making covenants.(B)
So lawsuits break out
like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.(C)

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