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17 (A)They shall eat up your harvest and your food;
    they shall eat up your sons and your daughters;
they shall eat up your flocks and your herds;
    they shall eat up your vines and your fig trees;
your (B)fortified cities in which you trust
    they shall beat down with the sword.”

18 “But even in those days, declares the Lord, (C)I will not make a full end of you. 19 And when your people say, (D)‘Why has the Lord our God done all these things to us?’ you shall say to them, ‘As you have forsaken me and served foreign gods in your land, (E)so you shall serve foreigners in a land that is not yours.’”

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17 They will devour(A) your harvests and food,
    devour(B) your sons and daughters;
they will devour(C) your flocks and herds,
    devour your vines and fig trees.(D)
With the sword(E) they will destroy
    the fortified cities(F) in which you trust.(G)

18 “Yet even in those days,” declares the Lord, “I will not destroy(H) you completely. 19 And when the people ask,(I) ‘Why has the Lord our God done all this to us?’ you will tell them, ‘As you have forsaken me and served foreign gods(J) in your own land, so now you will serve foreigners(K) in a land not your own.’

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