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"Go and proclaim in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, 'Thus says the LORD , "I remember concerning you the devotion of your youth, The love of your betrothals, Your following after Me in the wilderness, Through a land not sown.
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"Israel was holy to the LORD , The first of His harvest. All who ate of it became guilty; Evil came upon them," declares the LORD .' "
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Hear the word of the LORD , O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel.
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Thus says the LORD , "What injustice did your fathers find in Me, That they went far from Me And walked after emptiness and became empty?