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And now I, Neum, the Oracle, shall speak
unto my people the words which I have been given
of the Voice of El’Olam.
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So says YHVH unto you:
I have blessed you,
and I have set you apart, my Israel;
yet you have squandered my gifts
and torn my people in two;
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You have made my holy days unclean,
and burn up the meat of your sacrifices,
and the smoke is not pleasing unto me,
for ash and dust cannot feed my people!
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To make an atonement,
your sacrifice must be pure,
and for the sacrifice to be pure
my people must be pure;
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And for my people to be pure before me
you must be clean before me,
and to be clean before me
you must wash yourselves in my mercy.
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And what is my mercy?
It is the mercy of Israel;
for in Zion there are no rich and no poor,
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There are none that shall go naked
or be turned away hungry,
or fearful of the wrath of another.
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But my ways are not your ways;
therefore, how are you my Israel?
Who are you that you would be my people?
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Where in you can be found
the mercy my servant Abraham showed
in feeding all that came unto him?
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You come before me with gifts,
yet it is I that created all things,
what need have I for your sacrifices?
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The sacrifice of your heart
is to give of your blood to help one another,
this is the Covenant of your mothers and fathers
that they did make with me.
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And in the days of your purity,
you will give without ceasing,
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And the food of Israel will be pure,
even as manna from the heavens,
and the widow will give thanks,
and her children shall not go hungry.
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And in that day that you shall clean yourselves before me,
I shall offer unto you a new and everlasting covenant,
and Israel will again be my people.
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The purity of the righteous shall be known throughout all the earth,
as there shall be no want in Zion,
and no judgement given to those in need.
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And to the poor shall be given the best gifts,
and the best food;
and there shall be no rich among you,
that there shall not be any poor.
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Do this and I shall establish a statute of my atonement among you,
and even as you go into the waters dirty,
you shall come up out of the waters clean.
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And as you come forth from the waters, you shall say:
Blessed are you, YHVH,
for through the Great Ha’Kohen does our salvation come!
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By your purity, YHVH,
and by your glory is my salvation come!
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And even as I have given you, my children,
so to will you give unto all that are in need.
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But now my wrath is set,
for I have sent my prophets and prophetesses
to give you my words;
but you, Judah and Israel,
would not hear them.
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For I have not changed my words,
but you have sought to change them;
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I have not transgressed against you, my chosen people,
but you have transgressed against me;
therefore, you shall not know peace,
even so, Amen.