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16 And the people to whom the prophets speak will be thrown into the streets of Jerusalem. There they will die from ·hunger [famine] and from ·an enemy’s sword [L sword]. And no one will be there to bury them, or their wives, or their sons, or their daughters. I will ·punish them [L pour out on them harm/disaster/evil].

17 “Speak [C addressed to Jeremiah] this ·message [word] to them [C the people of Judah]:

‘Let my eyes ·be filled [flow] with tears
    night and day, without stopping.
·My people [L The virgin daughter of my people] have received a ·terrible blow [L great fracture];
    they have been ·hurt [wounded] badly.
18 If I go into the ·country [L field],
    I see people killed by swords.
If I go into the city,
    I see ·much sickness, because the people have no food [L the sickness of famine].
Both the priests and the prophets
    ·have been taken to a foreign land [L wander/or ply their trade in a land they do not know].’”

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