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16 Over these things I weep.
    My eyes overflow with water.
For far from me is a comforter,
    who might refresh my soul.
My children are desolate,
    because the enemy has prevailed.”

17 Zion spreads out her hands—
    there is no one to comfort her.
Adonai has decreed against Jacob.
    Those surrounding him have become his foes;
Jerusalem has become
    niddah in their eyes.
18 Adonai is righteous,
    for I have rebelled against His word.
Hear now, all peoples—
    look at my suffering!
My maidens and my young men
    have gone into captivity.

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