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But they tell others, ‘Stay away. Don’t come near me.
    I am too holy for you.’
These people are like smoke in my nose.
    Like a fire that burns all the time, they continue to make me angry.

“Look, it is written here before me.
    I will not be quiet. Instead, I will repay you in full.
    I will punish you for what you have done.
I will punish you for your sins and your ancestors’ sins,”
    says the Lord.
“They burned incense to false gods on the mountains.
    They shamed me on those hills.
So I will punish them as they should be punished
    for what they did.”

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who say, ‘Keep away; don’t come near me,
    for I am too sacred(A) for you!’
Such people are smoke(B) in my nostrils,
    a fire that keeps burning all day.

“See, it stands written before me:
    I will not keep silent(C) but will pay back(D) in full;
    I will pay it back into their laps(E)
both your sins(F) and the sins of your ancestors,”(G)
    says the Lord.
“Because they burned sacrifices on the mountains
    and defied me on the hills,(H)
I will measure into their laps
    the full payment(I) for their former deeds.”

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