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12 The Master, the Lord of heaven’s armies, told the people
    to cry and be sad.
    He told them to shave their heads and wear rough cloth.
13 But look. The people are happy.
    There are wild parties.
They kill the cattle and the sheep.
    They eat the food and drink the wine.
They say, “Let us eat and drink,
    because tomorrow we will die.”

14 The Lord of heaven’s armies said to me: “You people will die before this guilt is forgiven.” The Master, the Lord of heaven’s armies, said this.

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

14 The Lord Almighty has revealed this in my hearing:(H) “Till your dying day this sin will not be atoned(I) for,” says the Lord, the Lord Almighty.

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