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11 Between the two walls you constructed a reservoir for the water of the old pool. But you did not look to the city’s Maker or give a thought to him who built it long ago.

12 On that day the Lord,
    the Lord of hosts,
called on you to eat and mourn,
    to shave your head and put on sackcloth.
13 But instead you indulged in joy and merriment,
    the killing of oxen and the slaughtering of sheep,
    the eating of meat and the drinking of wine,
saying, “Let us eat and drink,
    for tomorrow we die.”

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11 You built a reservoir between the two walls(A)
    for the water of the Old Pool,(B)
but you did not look to the One who made it,
    or have regard(C) for the One who planned(D) it long ago.

12 The Lord, the Lord Almighty,
    called you on that day(E)
to weep(F) and to wail,
    to tear out your hair(G) and put on sackcloth.(H)
13 But see, there is joy and revelry,(I)
    slaughtering of cattle and killing of sheep,
    eating of meat and drinking of wine!(J)
“Let us eat and drink,” you say,
    “for tomorrow we die!”(K)

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