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If you removed all the yeast in your home for the Feast of Passover would your house still be full of leaven?
Are the Feasts of Israel including the Passover filled with the leaven that sucks the sweetness of life leaving the deaths of despair?
The Daily bread of the world of Rome which were and are a part of the covetous practices dependent upon "men who exercise authority one over the other" was forbidden by Christ. Early Christians did not have an appetite for free bread of the "temples of the Roman State" because those dainties and the habit of receiving those gifts, gratuities, and benefits at the expense of others, will degenerate society. The Modern Church and their "blind guides" have returned the people to the "bondage of Egypt", where they have become human resources, and curse children with debt with their appetite for the "legal charity" of the welfare state.
Does your Daily bread come by faith, hope and charity, or is it provided by the force, fear and fealty of modern pharaohs like FDR and LBJ and full of leaven of the Pharisees with the sweetness sucked out of it and you and the masses back in the Bondage of Egypt?

Leaven

We see in Exodus 12 that the memorial[1] of the Passover would require that the bread eaten would have to be unleavened bread. The word for "unleavened bread or cake" is matstsah[2] MemZtadikHey but the word in verse 15 is maṣṣōwṯ (מַצּ֣וֹת) MemZtadikVavTav. In fact the casual reading of the text by verse 19 there are those that believe that anyone who "eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel."

But have the people unmoored the meaning of the ritual making the practices of leaven and unleavend bread into a form of idolatry by worshiping the symbols of corruption. Most commentaries are explaining that leaven was regarded as produced by corruption as is suggested in Exodus 23:18.

"Paul twice quotes the saying, ‘A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump’ (1 Corinthians 5:6, Galatians 5:9), with reference to moral corruption: and in 1 Corinthians 5:7-8, with evident reference to that injunction, bids Christians ‘clear away the old leaven,’ and ‘keep the feast’ of their Passover, Christ (i.e. live the Christian life), with the ‘unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.’"[3]


The sour leaven

Daily bread of Rome and now Herod and the Pharisees was provided in asimilar manner to that of Nimrod and Pharaoh which "sucked the sweetness out of their society while they were in the Bondage of Egypt?

Jesus used the term leaven[4] several times in reference to the The leaven of the Pharisees.

It is clearly another of those metaphors built into the Hebrew language and thinking.

Leaven by its nature is something that even in small a quantity, may influence everything. It could be used as a good influence or in a good sense[5] or a pernicious influence or in a bad sense which we see with the leaven of the Pharisees.[6]


A new doctrine

Pharisees were clearly creating new doctrines through false interpretations and their Sophistry for years but it was the Corban of the Pharisees that was truly making the word of God to none effect.

The man made doctrine which strained at gnats swallowed a camel of lies was the result of vanity which caused them to hate the "light" and love the darkness. Their heart were as hard as that of the pharaoh and they would not let the people go out of their civil law contract with the public religion at the temples built by Herod.

The citizens of Judea had become members of a welfare system funded by forced offerings rather than the freewill offerings of Moses. This had been done through a new program where membership was recorded through the Baptism of Herod. No one was allowed to leave those systems until the Pharisees were so angry with Jesus that they made a law that would thrust them out.[7]

Their pride in their doctrines allowed took their ability to see the truth away from them. This blindness to the truth required them to put an emphasis on rituals and form, words and phrases which they saw in the letter of the scriptures with their limited understanding but failed to attend to the weightier matters.

They often did this by denying alternative uses and meaning of Hebrew words or by altering their meaning through Sophistry. They had offered a New Deal through the government of Herod to provide that public religion which Christ would forbid for his followers.[8]

That is hard for many to understand because they read the text of the Bible in the shadow of the tree of knowledge. This may be better understood if we look at the origin of the word from which we get the term leaven.


Words of leaven

What are the Hebrew words for leaven and what are they a metaphor for in spirit?
Can the letters ChetMemTzadik mean leaven or vinegar or violence or cruelty or grievous?
02556 Chamets (חָמֵץ) ChetMemTzadik = v; leaven or cruel and grievous[9]
02557 Chamets (חָמֵץ) ChetMemTzadik = n; leaven[10]
02558 Chomets (חָמֵץ) ChetMemTzadik = n; vinegar[11]

02554 Chamac (חָמָס‎) ChetMemSamech = v; violence violated [12]
02555 Chamac (חָמָס‎) ChetMemSamech = n; violence cruelty [13]

Can the letters MemTzadikHey mean leaven or to drain or suck out?
04682 Matstsah (מַצָּה) MemTzadikHey from (מָצַץ‎)[14] greedily devour = unleavened bread[2]
04680 Matsah(מָצָה‎) MemTzadikHey = v; to drain, suck out[15]
Can the letters ShinAlefReish mean leaven or remain or flesh or food or body?
07603 Seor (שְׂאֹר‎) ShinAlefReish = leaven[16]
07604 Shaar (שְׂאֹר‎) ShinAlefReish = v; leave or remain[17]
07605 Shear (שְׂאֹר‎) ShinAlefReish = n; remnant[18]
07606 Shear (שְׂאֹר‎) ShinAlefReish = n; remainder[19]
07607 Sheer (שְׂאֹר‎) ShinAlefReish = n; flesh, food, body[20]

01320 Basar (בָּשָׂר‎‎) BeitAlefReish = n; flesh, body[21]
01319 Basar (בָּשָׂר‎‎) BeitAlefReish = v; to bear news[22]
01318 Bashac (בָּשַׁס‎) BeitAlefReish = n; trample[23], Bashac[24]
01317 boshnah (בָּשְׁנָה‎‎) BeitAlefNunHey = n; shame[25], boshnah[26]

The "flesh pots" of Exodus 16 include the same two words Basar[27] and Ciyr[28] are describing the idea of the "cities of blood" and the cauldron of flesh in Ezekiel 11[29] and also in Micah[30]

If you are treading[24] on your neighbor through ministers who exercise authority your house is full of leaven and you have returned to the flesh pots when you were in the Bondage of Egypt and have been building the cities of blood.

In Hosea 10:6 they "shall receive shame"[24] because they have built the cities of blood and filled the flesh pots of covetous practices that bring you back into bondage of Egypt and fill your houses with leaven.

Double Tzadik

There are numerous double letters that are arranged in the Hebrew text and this is said to include the double Tzadik which would appear as matsats[31] in the Bible as the root word of a very common word that represents something we can physically have in our house, our hand and our food but actually also represents a moral idea or concept that is intrinsically related to covetous practices and corruption.

Isaiah 66:11 "That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may milk out <04711>, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory."

It should also be noted that in the actual text where this Hebrew word matsats[31] is said to appear it is not written with its double Tzadik but as tāmōṣṣū or TavMemTzadikVav (תָּמֹ֛צּוּ).

The letter צ ץ Tzadik is always related to The Faith of the Righteous One, the foundation of the word "to hunt" or Harvest even eat or desire. [Harvest, pant, desire] (Numeric value: 90)

If double letters are often a reference to the spirit and truth dynamic of a cause and effect universe where the spiritual and physical realms echo evidence of the singularity of creation and the God of creation then what does a double Tzadik indicate?

A key to understanding the dynamics of the double Tzadik is to know that the word matsats which appears only this once in the Bible is also the root word for the term leaven or matstsah[2].

We may ask why but again Hebrew is composed of letters that have meanings and if we alter the letters we may be altering the use of the word and its meaning. It may require a different way of thinking about language as something not merely composed of symbols and their meanings but with a more spiritual dynamic.

Is it clearly understood in the teachings of Moses that yeast in the bread at Passover is only part of a rituals and ceremonies which is meant to warn us about the spirit the leaven symbolizes in that root word matsats[31] which is written by letters in the text representing a source of spiritual corruption "in the sense of greedily devouring (the) sweetness" of something.

We need to be finding out if there is spiritual corruption found in our our practices of our daily ministration that is sucking out the sweetness of our soul and the soul of society?

Those who unmoor meaning from their forms of rituals and ceremonies strangle the spirit that gives life and fall into a prison where the letter killeth.[32] But those who read the text with the light of the Holy Spirit, instead of in the shadows of the tree of knowledge, may be guided through the currents and eddies of language of definitions and dogma. It may also be significant to note that the verb preceding it which is anog[33] AyinNunGimel (עָנַג) but what we see in the text is wəhiṯ‘annaḡtem VavHeyTavAyinNunGimelTavMem (וְהִתְעַנַּגְתֶּ֖ם).

These two words have numerous additional letters including the appearance of three Tavs. Moses only uses the word anog[33] once and not in a good sense.[34] but in Isaiah 66:11 the term is surrounded by the letter of faith which flows in in a process of sacrifice.

These that are blessed in these verses 10 through 14 stand in contrast to those earlier in verses 3 and 4,[35]

Do these same principles apply to the rituals and ceremonies of circumcision of the flesh and circumcision of the heart?

No new doctrine of God

There is no new doctrine of God for God, the will of God and Right Reason are the same today as it was yesterday.

The creation of new doctrines with often fictional and private interpretations by the pharisees was part of what Jesus meant when he referred to the need to "Beware of the Leaven of the Pharisees[6] which through their Corban would make the word of God to none effect.

What is the leaven and corban of your house?

Listen to the Leaven of blood.

http://www.hisholychurch.net/audio/20220306leavenofblood.mp3
http://www.hisholychurch.net/audio/20220306leavens.mp3

See Exodus 12


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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 02146 ^ןורכז^ zikrown ZayinKafReishVavNun \@zik-rone’\@ from 02142 ZayinKafReish; n m; {See TWOT on 551 @@ "551b"} AV-memorial 17, remembrance 6, records 1; 24
    1) memorial, reminder, remembrance
    • זָ ז Zayin The "Crowned" head. The Service and Valor, cut and bread, war and nourish. [weapon.... Cut, to cut off, manacle] (Numeric value: 7)
    • כ ך Kaf K Crown: To Actualize Potential power from spiritual to physical realm [to cover, strength] (Numeric value: 20)
    • ר Reish Process of Clarification The "head" or "beginning". Life's revelation. [Head... Person head highest] (Numeric value: 200)
    • ו Vav Connection, Connecting realms and worlds or the dividing veil between them. [nail... And, Add, secure, hook] (Numeric value: 6)
    • נ ן Nun Heir to the Throne, Aramaic fish in the Mem (fish moving in flowing waters) or in the Hebrew the Nun may mean the kingdom with a double Nun suggesting spiritual insight in two realms. [fish moving... Activity life] (Numeric value: 50)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 04682 מַצָּה‎ matstsah [mats-tsaw’] MemTzadikHey from 04711 מָצַץ‎ matsats MemTzadikTzadik with a Double Tzadik meaning "to drain out, suck" in the sense of greedily devouring for sweetness; n f; [BDB-595a] [{See TWOT on 1232 }] AV-unleavened bread 33, unleavened 14, cakes 5, without leaven 1; 53
    1) unleavened (bread, cake), without leaven.
    • מ ם Mem Fountain of water, a flow, a fountain of the Divine Wisdom [massive, overpower chaos] (Numeric value: 40)
    • צ ץ Tzadik is always related to The Faith of the Righteous One, the foundation of the word "to hunt" or Harvest even eat or desire. [Harvest, pant, desire] (Numeric value: 90)
    • ה Hey Expression--Thought, Speech, Action. Manifest seeds of thought and life. [Emphasize, jubilation, window, fence] (Numeric value: 5)
  3. ↑ see commentary in the Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
  4. ↑ 2219 ζύμη zume [dzoo’-may] probably from 2204 zeo fervent in anger or spirit; n f; TDNT-2:902,302; [{See TDNT 288 }] AV-leaven 13; 13
    1) leaven
    2) metaph. of inveterate mental and moral corruption, viewed in its tendency to infect others
    • Leaven is applied to that which, though small in quantity, yet by its influence thoroughly pervades a thing; either in a good sense as in the parable #Mt 13:33; or in a bad sense, of a pernicious influence, "a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump"
    • 5160 trophe, food; 1035 brosis, food; 106 azumos, unleavened bread, metaphor "free from faults or the "leaven of iniquity"".
  5. ↑ "Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened."  (Matthew 13:33)
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. (Matthew 16:6)
    "How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees? (Matthew 16:11)
    "Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. (Matthew 16:12)
    "And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod." (Mark 8:15)
    "In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy." (Luke 12:1)
  7. ↑ John 9:22 These [words] spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.
    John 12:42 Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess [him], lest they should be put out of the synagogue:
  8. ↑ Not exercise authority
    Matthew 20:25 "But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. But it shall not be so among you:..."
    Mark 10:42 "But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them. But so shall it not be among you:..."
    Luke 22:25 "And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors. But ye [shall] not [be] so:..."
  9. ↑ 02556 חָמֵץ‎ chamets [khaw-mates’] a primitive root; v; [BDB-329b, BDB-330a] [{See TWOT on 679 }] [{See TWOT on 680 }] [{See TWOT on 681 }] AV-leavened 5, cruel 1, dyed 1, grieved 1; 8
    1) to be leavened, be sour
    1a) (Qal) to be leavened
    1b) (Hiphil) to taste something leavened
    1c) (Hithpael) to be embittered, grieved
    2) to be cruel, oppress, be ruthless
    3) to be red
  10. ↑ 02557 חָמֵץ‎ chametz [khaw-mates’] ChetMemTzadik from 02556 the verb avened bread 4, leaven 2; 11
    1) the thing leavened, leaven
  11. ↑ 02558 חֹמֶץ‎ chomets [kho’-mets] from 02556; n m; [BDB-330a] [{See TWOT on 679 @@ "679b" }] AV-vinegar 6; 6
    1) vinegar
  12. ↑ 02554 חָמַס‎ chamac [khaw-mas’] a primitive root; v; [BDB-329a] [{See TWOT on 678 }] AV- … violence 2, violated 1, shake off 1, wrongfully imagine 1, violently taken away 1, wronged 1, made bare 1; 8
    1) to wrong, do violence to, treat violently, do wrongly
    1a) (Qal) to treat violently, do wrong
    1a1) of physical wrong
    1a2) of ethical wrong
    1a3) of physical and ethical wrong
    1b) (Niphal) to be treated violently
  13. ↑ 02555 חָמָס‎ chamac [khaw-mawce’] from 02554; n m; [BDB-329b] [{See TWOT on 678 @@ "678a" }] AV-violence 39, violent 7, cruelty 4, wrong 3, false 2, cruel 1, damage 1, injustice 1, oppressor + 0376(man) 1, unrighteous 1; 60
    1) violence, wrong, cruelty, injustice
  14. ↑ See Double Tzadik
  15. ↑ 04680 מָצָה‎ matsah [maw-tsaw’] a primitive root; v; [BDB-594b] [{See TWOT on 1232 }] AV-wring out 6, suck out 1; 7
    1) to drain, drain out
    1a) (Qal) to drain, drain out
    1b) (Niphal) to be drained out
  16. ↑ 07603 שְׂאֹר‎ së’or [seh-ore’] said to be from 07604 שָׁאַר‎ shaar ShinAlefReish meaning "leave"; n m; [BDB-959a] [{See TWOT on 2229 @@ "2229a" }] AV-leaven 5; 5
    1) leaven
  17. ↑ 07604 שָׁאַר‎ sha’ar [shaw-ar’] ShinAlefReish a primitive root; v; [BDB-983b] [{See TWOT on 2307 }] [{See TWOT on 2308 }] AV-leave 75, remain 46, remnant 4, let 3, rest 2, misc 3; 133
    1) to remain, be left over, be left behind
    1a) (Qal) to remain
    1b) (Niphal)
    1b1) to be left over, be left alive, survive
    1b1a) remainder, remnant (participle)
    1b2) to be left behind
    1c) (Hiphil)
    1c1) to leave over, spare
    1c2) to leave or keep over
    1c3) to have left
    1c4) to leave (as a gift)
  18. ↑ 07605 שְׁאָר‎ shë’ar [sheh-awr’] from 07604; n m; [BDB-984a] [{See TWOT on 2307 @@ "2307a" }] AV-remnant 11, rest 10, residue 4, other 1; 26
    1) rest, residue, remnant, remainder
  19. ↑ 07606 שְׁאָר‎ shë’ar (Aramaic) [sheh-awr’] corresponding to 07605; n m; [BDB-1114a] [{See TWOT on 3013 }] AV-rest 9, residue 2, rest 1; 12
    1) rest, remainder
  20. ↑ 07607 שְׁאֵר‎ shë’er [sheh-ayr’] from 07604; n m; [BDB-984b] [{See TWOT on 2308 @@ "2308a" }] AV-flesh 7, near kinswoman 2, food 1, near 1, nigh 1, near kin 1, kin 1, body 1, kinsman 1; 16
    1) flesh, food, body, near kin, near kinswoman
    1a) flesh
    1a1) as food
    1a2) for physical power (fig)
    1b) flesh relation, blood relation
    1c) self
  21. ↑ 01320 ^רשׂב^ BeitShinReish basar \@baw-sawr’\@ from 01319 Basar to bear news, bear tidings, publish, preach, show forth; see also 01321 flesh; n m; AV-flesh 256, body 2, fatfleshed + 01277 2, leanfleshed + 01851 2, kin 2, leanfleshed + 07534 1, mankind + 0376 1, myself 1, nakedness 1, skin 1; 269
    1) flesh
    1a) of the body
    1a1) of humans
    1a2) of animals
    1b) the body itself
    1c) male organ of generation (euphemism)
    1d) kindred, blood-relations
    1e) flesh as frail or erring (man against God)
    1f) all living things
    1g) animals
    1h) mankind
  22. ↑ 01319 ^רשׂב^ basar \@baw-sar’\@ a primitive root; v; AV-tidings 16, show forth 3, publish 3, messenger 1, preached 1; 24
    1) to bear news, bear tidings, publish, preach, show forth
    1a) (Piel)
    1a1) to gladden with good news
    1a2) to bear news
    1a3) to announce (salvation) as good news, preach
    1b) (Hithpael) to receive good news
  23. ↑ Amos 5:11 "Forasmuch therefore as your treading <01318> [is] upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them."
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 01318 בָּשַׁס‎ bashac [baw-shas’] a primitive root BeitShinSamech; v; [BDB-143b] [{See TWOT on 294 }] AV-treading 1; 1
    1) to tread down, trample
    1a) (Poel) trampling
    See leaven, Amos 5:11 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "Bashac" defined multiple times with different content
  25. ↑ Hosea 10:6 "It shall be also carried unto Assyria [for] a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame <01317>, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel."
  26. ↑ 01317 בָּשְׁנָה‎ boshnah [bosh-naw’] from 0954 בּוּשׁ‎ buwsh the verb to act shamefully; n f; [BDB-102a] [{See TWOT on 222 @@ "222b" }] AV-shame 1; 1
    1) shame
    1a) shame
    1b) shameful thing
  27. ↑ 01320 ^רשׂב^ BeitShinReish basar \@baw-sawr’\@ from 01319 Basar to bear news, bear tidings, publish, preach, show forth; see also 01321 flesh; n m; AV-flesh 256, body 2, fatfleshed + 01277 2, leanfleshed + 01851 2, kin 2, leanfleshed + 07534 1, mankind + 0376 1, myself 1, nakedness 1, skin 1; 269
    1) flesh
    1a) of the body
    1a1) of humans
    1a2) of animals
    1b) the body itself
    1c) male organ of generation (euphemism)
    1d) kindred, blood-relations
    1e) flesh as frail or erring (man against God)
    1f) all living things
    1g) animals
    1h) mankind
  28. ↑ 05518 סִיר‎ SamechYodReish ciyr [seer] or (fem.) סירה‎ ciyrah [see-raw’] or סרה‎ cirah (#Jer 52:18) [see-raw’] from a primitive root meaning to boil up; n m; [BDB-696b] [{See TWOT on 1489 }] [{See TWOT on 1490 }] AV-pot 21, caldron 5, thorns 4, washpot + 07366 2, pans 1, fishhooks + 01729 1; 34
    1) pot
    1a) pot (household utensil)
    1b) pot (of temple)
    2) thorn, hook, brier
    2a) thorns
    2b) hooks
    • ס Samech The Eternal Cycle The circular symbolizes the fundamental truth described in the mystery of the ten statements [ prop... Support, turn] (Numeric value: 60)
    • י Yod The Infinite Point of essential good. Divine spark hidden in the ט Tet. Spark of spirit. [closed hand... Deed, work, to make] (Numeric value: 10)
    • ר Reish Process of Clarification The "head" or "beginning". Life's revelation. [Head... Person head highest] (Numeric value: 200)
  29. ↑ Ezekiel 11:3 "Which say, [It is] not near; let us build houses: this [city is] the caldron <05518>, and we [be] the flesh <01320>.
    Ezekiel 11:7 "Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Your slain whom ye have laid in the midst of it, they [are] the flesh <01320>, and this [city is] the caldron <05518>: but I will bring you forth out of the midst of it."
    Ezekiel 11:11 "This [city] shall not be your caldron <05518>, neither shall ye be the flesh <01320> in the midst thereof; [but] I will judge you in the border of Israel:"
  30. ↑ Micah 3:3 Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot <05518>, and as flesh <01320> within the caldron.
  31. ↑ 31.0 31.1 31.2 04711 מָצַץ‎ matsats [maw-tsats’] a primitive root with a double Tzadik; v; [BDB-595a] [{See TWOT on 1234 }] AV-milk out 1; 1
    1) (Qal) to drain out, suck
    • This is the root word for the term Leaven.
  32. ↑ 2 Corinthians 3:6 Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
  33. ↑ 33.0 33.1 06026 עָנַג‎ ‘anag [aw-nag’] AyinNunGimel a primitive root; v; [BDB-772a] [{See TWOT on 1648 }] AV-delight 7, delicate 1, delicateness 1, sport 1; 10
    1) to be soft, be delicate, be dainty
    1a) (Pual) to be delicate
    1b) (Hithpael)
    1b1) to be of dainty habit, be pampered
    1b2) to be happy about, take exquisite delight
    1b3) to make merry over, make sport of
  34. ↑ Deuteronomy 28:56 The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness <06026> and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,
  35. ↑ Isaiah 66:3 He that killeth an ox [is as if] he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, [as if] he cut off a dog’s neck; he that offereth an oblation, [as if he offered] swine’s blood; he that burneth incense, [as if] he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations. 4 I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose [that] in which I delighted not.
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