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17 Like keepers of a field they surround her,
    because she has been rebellious against Me.”
It is a declaration of Adonai.

18 Your conduct and your deeds
    have brought these things on you.
    This is your calamity!
    How bitter it is!
    How it smites your heart!

19 My stomach, my stomach!
    I writhe in anguish!
    The pain of my heart!
    My heart is pounding within me!
    I cannot keep silent
        because I have heard, O my soul,
        the sound of the shofar,
        the battle-cry of war.

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17 They surround(A) her like men guarding a field,
    because she has rebelled(B) against me,’”
declares the Lord.
18 “Your own conduct and actions(C)
    have brought this on you.(D)
This is your punishment.
    How bitter(E) it is!
    How it pierces to the heart!”

19 Oh, my anguish, my anguish!(F)
    I writhe in pain.(G)
Oh, the agony of my heart!
    My heart pounds(H) within me,
    I cannot keep silent.(I)
For I have heard the sound of the trumpet;(J)
    I have heard the battle cry.(K)

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