25 And they captured (A)fortified cities and (B)a rich land, and took possession of (C)houses full of all good things, cisterns already hewn, vineyards, olive orchards and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate and were filled (D)and became fat and delighted themselves in (E)your great goodness.

26 (F)“Nevertheless, they were disobedient and rebelled against you (G)and cast your law behind their back (H)and killed your prophets, who (I)had warned them in order to turn them back to you, (J)and they committed great blasphemies. 27 (K)Therefore you gave them into the hand of their enemies, who made them suffer. (L)And in the time of their suffering they cried out to you and you heard them from heaven, and according to your great mercies you gave them (M)saviors who saved them from the hand of their enemies.

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