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11 You made a place to store water between the two walls for the waters of the old pool. But you did not trust in God Who made it. You did not think about Him Who planned it long ago.

12 So in that day the Lord God of All called you to cry in sorrow, to cut off the hair from your head, and to wear cloth made from hair. 13 But instead, there is joy and happiness, killing of cattle and sheep, eating of meat, and drinking of wine. You say, “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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