Verse 15. And if external worship is neglected, and the study of interior truths is despised, so that disobedience prevails internally, and conjunction with the Lord is broken.
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For indeed I bendJudah as a bow for me. I have filled the bow with Ephraim; and I will stir up your sons, Zion, against your sons, Greece, and will make you like the sword of a mighty man.