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18 The Lord is going to throw you out of this land; he is going to crush you until not one of you is left. The Lord has spoken.

19 The people of Jerusalem cried out,

“How badly we are hurt!
    Our wounds will not heal.
And we thought this was something we could endure!
20 Our tents are ruined;
    the ropes that held them have broken.
Our children have all gone away;
    there is no one left to put up our tents again;
    there is no one to hang their 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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