“Judah mourns,
And (A)her gates languish;
They (B)mourn for the land,
And (C)the cry of Jerusalem has gone up.

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“Judah mourns,(A)
    her cities languish;
they wail for the land,
    and a cry goes up from Jerusalem.

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Before them the people writhe in pain;
(A)All faces [a]are drained of color.

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Footnotes

  1. Joel 2:6 LXX, Tg., Vg. gather blackness

At the sight of them, nations are in anguish;(A)
    every face turns pale.(B)

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10 She is empty, desolate, and waste!
The heart melts, and the knees shake;
Much pain is in every side,
And all their faces [a]are drained of color.

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Footnotes

  1. Nahum 2:10 LXX, Tg., Vg. gather blackness; Joel 2:6

10 She is pillaged, plundered, stripped!
    Hearts melt,(A) knees give way,
    bodies tremble, every face grows pale.(B)

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