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11 In the streets people will cry out for wine.
    All joy will turn into sadness.
    All joyful sounds will be driven out of the earth.
12 All the buildings will be knocked down.
    Every city gate will be smashed to pieces.
13 That’s how it will be on the earth.
    And that’s how it will be among the nations.
It will be as when workers knock all but a few olives off the trees.
    It will be like a vine that has only a few grapes left after the harvest.

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11 In the streets they cry out(A) for wine;(B)
    all joy turns to gloom,(C)
    all joyful sounds are banished from the earth.
12 The city is left in ruins,(D)
    its gate(E) is battered to pieces.
13 So will it be on the earth
    and among the nations,
as when an olive tree is beaten,(F)
    or as when gleanings are left after the grape harvest.(G)

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