For you were hypocrites in your hearts, when you sent me unto the LORD your God, saying, Pray for us unto the LORD our God; and according unto all that the LORD our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do it.

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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

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. (Haydock) They were doubly guilty in neither observing their promise nor obeying God's decree. (Worthington)

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