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20 They are winning one battle after another!
    They are destroying the whole land.
Our homes are becoming heaps of stones.
    They quickly knock down our tents.
21 How long will our enemy continue to attack us?
    How long will I see their flags and hear their trumpets?

22 The Lord says,

‘My people are fools.
    They do not know me.
They are like children who do not know anything.
    They understand nothing.
They are very clever at doing evil things.

But they do not know how to do what is good.’

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20 Disaster follows disaster;(A)
    the whole land lies in ruins.(B)
In an instant my tents(C) are destroyed,
    my shelter in a moment.
21 How long must I see the battle standard(D)
    and hear the sound of the trumpet?(E)

22 “My people are fools;(F)
    they do not know me.(G)
They are senseless children;
    they have no understanding.(H)
They are skilled in doing evil;(I)
    they know not how to do good.”(J)

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