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17 For wickedness continued to burn like a fire,
    consuming briers and thorns,
and setting ablaze the thickets of the forest
    which rose upward in a column of smoke.
18 The land was set ablaze
    by the wrath of the Lord of hosts,
and the people became like fuel for the fire;
    no one spared his brother.
19 They gorged on the right but were still hungry;
    they devoured on the left but were not satisfied;
    many ate the flesh of their own offspring.

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17 Therefore the Lord will take no pleasure in the young men,(A)
    nor will he pity(B) the fatherless and widows,
for everyone is ungodly(C) and wicked,(D)
    every mouth speaks folly.(E)

Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,
    his hand is still upraised.(F)

18 Surely wickedness burns like a fire;(G)
    it consumes briers and thorns,(H)
it sets the forest thickets ablaze,(I)
    so that it rolls upward in a column of smoke.
19 By the wrath(J) of the Lord Almighty
    the land will be scorched(K)
and the people will be fuel for the fire;(L)
    they will not spare one another.(M)

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