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16 I will scatter them among the nations whom neither they nor their fathers have known; and I will send the sword after them, until I have consumed them.”

The People Mourn in Judgment

17 Thus says the Lord of hosts:
“Consider, and call for the mourning women to come;
    send for the skilful women to come;
18 let them make haste and raise a wailing over us,
    that our eyes may run down with tears,
    and our eyelids gush with water.

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16 I will scatter them among nations(A) that neither they nor their ancestors have known,(B) and I will pursue them with the sword(C) until I have made an end of them.”(D)

17 This is what the Lord Almighty says:

“Consider now! Call for the wailing women(E) to come;
    send for the most skillful of them.
18 Let them come quickly
    and wail over us
till our eyes overflow with tears
    and water streams from our eyelids.(F)

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