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For you have dealt deceitfully against your own souls; for you sent me to the LORD your God, saying, ‘Pray for us to the LORD our God; and according to all that the LORD our God says, so declare to us, and we will do it.’
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Verse 20. Deceived. Septuagint “done ill in your souls.” Your intention was bad. You thought that I should speak conformably to your wishes. Calmet.—He saw by the prophetic light, or by their deportment, that they were bent on going. Bible.—They were doubly guilty in neither observing their promise nor obeying God’s decree. Worthington.
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