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18 This is what the Lord says:
    “At this time I will ·throw [L sling] out the people who live in this land.
I will bring ·trouble [distress] to them
    so that they may be ·captured [L squeezed].”

19 ·How terrible it will be for me [Woe to me] because of my ·injury [fracture].
    My wound ·cannot be healed [is severe].
Yet I told myself,
    “This is my ·sickness [or punishment]; I must ·suffer through [endure] it.”
20 My tent is ·ruined [destroyed; desolated],
    and all its ropes are broken.
My children have gone away and left me.
    No one is left to ·put up [stretch out] my tent again
    or to set up ·a shelter for me [L my curtains].

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18 For this is what the Lord says:
    “At this time I will hurl(A) out
    those who live in this land;
I will bring distress(B) on them
    so that they may be captured.”

19 Woe to me because of my injury!
    My wound(C) is incurable!
Yet I said to myself,
    “This is my sickness, and I must endure(D) it.”
20 My tent(E) is destroyed;
    all its ropes are snapped.
My children are gone from me and are no more;(F)
    no one is left now to pitch my tent
    or to set up my shelter.

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