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What wilt thou say, when He shall set the friends over thee as head, whom thou thyself hast trained against thee? Shall not pangs take hold of thee, as of a woman in travail?
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And if thou say in thy heart: 'Wherefore are these things befallen me?' --for the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts uncovered, and thy heels suffer violence.
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Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
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Therefore will I scatter them, as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness.
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This is thy lot, the portion measured unto thee from Me, saith HaShem; because thou hast forgotten Me, and trusted in falsehood.
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Therefore will I also uncover thy skirts upon thy face, and thy shame shall appear.
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Thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy harlotry, on the hills in the field have I seen thy detestable acts. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! thou wilt not be made clean! When shall it ever be?