14 (A)All your lovers have forgotten you;
    they care nothing for you;
for I have dealt you the blow of (B)an enemy,
    the punishment (C)of a merciless foe,
because your guilt is great,
    (D)because your sins are flagrant.
15 (E)Why do you cry out over your hurt?
    (F)Your pain is incurable.
Because your guilt is great,
    (G)because your sins are flagrant,
    I have done these things to you.

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14 All your allies(A) have forgotten you;
    they care nothing for you.
I have struck you as an enemy(B) would
    and punished you as would the cruel,(C)
because your guilt is so great
    and your sins(D) so many.
15 Why do you cry out over your wound,
    your pain that has no cure?(E)
Because of your great guilt and many sins
    I have done these things to you.(F)

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16 “O Lord, (A)according to all your righteous acts, let your anger and your wrath turn away from your city Jerusalem, (B)your holy hill, (C)because for our sins, and for (D)the iniquities of our fathers, (E)Jerusalem and your people have become (F)a byword among all who are around us.

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16 Lord, in keeping with all your righteous acts,(A) turn away(B) your anger and your wrath(C) from Jerusalem,(D) your city, your holy hill.(E) Our sins and the iniquities of our ancestors have made Jerusalem and your people an object of scorn(F) to all those around us.

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