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(A)“Judah mourns,
    and (B)her gates languish;
her people lament on the ground,
    and (C)the cry of Jerusalem goes up.
Her nobles send their servants for water;
    they come to the cisterns;
they find no water;
    they return with their vessels empty;
they are (D)ashamed and confounded
    and (E)cover their heads.
Because of the ground that is dismayed,
    since there is (F)no rain on the land,
the farmers are ashamed;
    they cover their heads.

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