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En Jerusalén, profetas pervertidos, aliados de los sacerdotes y de la clase dominante, se estaban dedicando a producir engaños de forma sistemática.
What was happening to Jerusalem was a systematic production of illusion by perverted prophets, allies of priests and the ruling class.
Se estaban dedicando a otra cosa, pero, de repente, lo abandonan y se unen a este movimiento de conciencia de Kṛṣṇa.
They were engaged in something else, but all of a sudden they give up and they join this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement.
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