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Did God strike Israel as he struck those who struck him?
    Was Israel killed as his killers were killed?[a]
By frightening Jerusalem, by sending her away,[b]
    you contended with her,
    expelling with a fierce blast
    on the day of the east wind.
By this Jacob’s guilt is reconciled,
    and this was how his sins were finally removed:
    he made all the altar stones like shattered chalk,
    sacred poles[c] and incense altars that couldn’t stand.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 27:7 Heb uncertain
  2. Isaiah 27:8 Heb uncertain
  3. Isaiah 27:9 Heb asherim, perhaps objects devoted to the goddess Asherah

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