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11 Tremble, you complacent women;
    shudder, you who feel secure.
Strip yourselves bare,
    with only a loincloth to cover you.
12 Beat your breasts in mourning
    for the pleasant fields and the fruitful vines,
13 for the soil of my people
    overgrown with thorns and briars,
and for all the joyful houses
    in this city of revelry.

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11 Tremble,(A) you complacent women;
    shudder, you daughters who feel secure!(B)
Strip off your fine clothes(C)
    and wrap yourselves in rags.(D)
12 Beat your breasts(E) for the pleasant fields,
    for the fruitful vines(F)
13 and for the land of my people,
    a land overgrown with thorns and briers(G)
yes, mourn(H) for all houses of merriment
    and for this city of revelry.(I)

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