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12 Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields,
    for the fruitful vine,
13 for the land of my people
    in which thorns and briers shall come up,
yes, for all the joyful houses
    and for the jubilant city;
14 because the palaces have been forsaken,
    the populated city is forsaken.
The forts and towers shall be caves forever,
    a joy of wild donkeys, a pasture of flocks,

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12 Beat your breasts(A) for the pleasant fields,
    for the fruitful vines(B)
13 and for the land of my people,
    a land overgrown with thorns and briers(C)
yes, mourn(D) for all houses of merriment
    and for this city of revelry.(E)
14 The fortress(F) will be abandoned,
    the noisy city deserted;(G)
citadel and watchtower(H) will become a wasteland forever,
    the delight of donkeys,(I) a pasture for flocks,(J)

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