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shall rob you of your children, and destroy your 

 cattle, and make you few in number; and your 

 highways shall be desolate. And if ye will not 

 be reformed by these things but will walk con- 

 trary unto me, then will I also walk contrary 

 unto you, and will punish you yet seven times- 

 for your sins. And I will bring a sword upon 

 you, that shall a v r enge the quarrel of my cove- 

 nant: and when ye are gathered together within 

 your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; . 

 and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the 

 enemy. And when I have broken the staff of" 

 your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in 

 one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread 

 again by weight: and ye shall eat and not be sat- 

 isfied. And if ye will not for all this hearken 

 unto me, but walk contrary unto me; then I will 

 walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, 

 even I, will chastise you seven times for your 

 sins. And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, 

 and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat. 

 And I will destroy your high places, and cut 

 down your images, and cast your carcasses upon 

 the carcasses of your idols, and my soul shall 

 abhor you. And I will make your eities waste, 

 and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and 

 I will not smell the savor of your sweet odours. 

 And I will bring the land into desolation: and 

 your enemies which dwell therein shall be aston- 



