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    They will pay for their sins and the sins of their parents too.
        For they turned to other gods, burned incense on the mountains
    And insulted Me on the hillsides.
        I will bring everything they deserve back to them, to their very core.”

This is what the Eternal has to say:

Eternal One: It’s like noticing the promise of new wine in a cluster of grapes.
        One will say, “Don’t destroy them all; some of them are bound to be good.”
    So for the sake of My servants,
        I won’t destroy absolutely everyone.
    But I will bring up children from Jacob’s line to inherit this land.
        To Jacob’s son Judah I will give My mountains.
    These, My chosen ones, will inherit it;
        these, My servants, will live there and call it home.

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both your sins(A) and the sins of your ancestors,”(B)
    says the Lord.
“Because they burned sacrifices on the mountains
    and defied me on the hills,(C)
I will measure into their laps
    the full payment(D) for their former deeds.”

This is what the Lord says:

“As when juice is still found in a cluster of grapes(E)
    and people say, ‘Don’t destroy it,
    there is still a blessing in it,’
so will I do in behalf of my servants;(F)
    I will not destroy them all.
I will bring forth descendants(G) from Jacob,
    and from Judah those who will possess(H) my mountains;
my chosen(I) people will inherit them,
    and there will my servants live.(J)

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