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18 If I go to the field, I see those killed because of war.
    If I go to the city, I see those sick because of famine.
    Prophets and priests wander through a land they haven’t heard of.
19 Have you completely rejected Judah?
    Do you despise Zion?
    Why have you struck us so hard that we cannot heal?
    We hope for peace, but no good comes from it.
    We hope for a time of healing, but there’s only terror.
20 O Yahweh, we realize our wickedness
    and the wrongs done by our ancestors.
        We have sinned against you.

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18 If I go into the country,
    I see those slain by the sword;
if I go into the city,
    I see the ravages of famine.(A)
Both prophet and priest
    have gone to a land they know not.(B)’”

19 Have you rejected Judah completely?(C)
    Do you despise Zion?
Why have you afflicted us
    so that we cannot be healed?(D)
We hoped for peace
    but no good has come,
for a time of healing
    but there is only terror.(E)
20 We acknowledge(F) our wickedness, Lord,
    and the guilt of our ancestors;(G)
    we have indeed sinned(H) against you.

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