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The well-grounded asyndeton הִשְׁהִיתוּ הִתְעִיבוּ is here dismissed; and the expression is rendered more bombastic by the use of עָוֶל instead of עֲלִילָה. עָוֶל (the masculine to עַוְלָה), pravitas, is the accusative of the object (cf. Eze 16:52) to both verbs, which give it a twofold superlative attributive notion. Moreover, here השׁחיתו is accented with Mugrash in our printed texts instead of Tarcha. One Mugrash after another is contrary to all rule.