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A council was held among the heavenly messengers concerning the judgment of the city.
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The accusation against Yerushalayim was read: bloodshed, idolatry, false judgment, contempt for the poor, and rejection of repeated warning.
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Mercy pleaded because of Avraham, Yitzchaq, Yaaqov, Daviyd, and the righteous who had served Yahuah.
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Judgment answered that the fathers’ righteousness could not be turned into permission for their descendants to practice lawlessness without end.
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An appointed period of exile was decreed.
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The people would be carried away, yet the Covenant would not be annihilated.