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29 Just don’t interfere if he falls, gape-mouthed in the dust.
    There may well be hope yet.
30 Just let him offer his cheek when struck.
    Let him be the butt of jokes.

This is the heart of the lament. Pain and despair are deep and lasting, but God’s rejection is not forever because Jerusalem is the city of the Lord.

31 Kept in God’s care:
    the Lord won’t reject him forever.

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