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12 otherwise, when you have eaten and are satisfied, and have built good houses and lived in them,

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12 Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses and settle down,(A)

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14 then your heart will become lifted up [by self-conceit and arrogance] and you will forget the Lord your God who brought you from the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

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14 then your heart will become proud and you will forget(A) the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.

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17 Otherwise, you may say in your heart, ‘My power and the strength of my hand made me this wealth.’

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17 You may say to yourself,(A) “My power and the strength of my hands(B) have produced this wealth for me.”

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25 
“They captured fortified cities and a fertile land.
They took possession of houses full of all good things,
Hewn cisterns, vineyards, olive groves,
And [a]fruit trees in abundance.
So they ate and were filled and became fat,
And they reveled and were delighted in Your great goodness.

26 
“Yet they were disobedient and rebelled against You,
And cast Your law behind their backs
And killed Your prophets who warned them
To return to You;
And they committed great [and contemptible] blasphemies.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 9:25 Lit food.

25 They captured fortified cities and fertile land;(A) they took possession of houses filled with all kinds of good things,(B) wells already dug, vineyards, olive groves and fruit trees in abundance. They ate to the full and were well-nourished;(C) they reveled in your great goodness.(D)

26 “But they were disobedient and rebelled against you; they turned their backs on your law.(E) They killed(F) your prophets,(G) who had warned them in order to turn them back to you; they committed awful blasphemies.(H)

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24 
“If I have put my trust and confidence in gold,
Or have declared fine gold my hope and assurance,

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24 “If I have put my trust in gold(A)
    or said to pure gold, ‘You are my security,’(B)

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When they had their pasture, they became satisfied,
And being satisfied, their heart became proud (self-centered);
Therefore they forgot Me.

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When I fed them, they were satisfied;
    when they were satisfied, they became proud;(A)
    then they forgot(B) me.(C)

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