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13 What shall I testify to you?
    What shall I liken to you, daughter of Jerusalem?
What shall I compare to you,
    that I may comfort you, virgin daughter of Zion?
For your breach is as big as the sea.
    Who can heal you?

14 Your prophets have seen false and foolish visions for you.
    They have not uncovered your iniquity,
    to reverse your captivity,
    but have seen for you false revelations and causes of banishment.

15 All that pass by clap their hands at you.
    They hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying,
“Is this the city that men called ‘The perfection of beauty,
    the joy of the whole earth’?”

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13 What can I say for you?(A)
    With what can I compare you,
    Daughter(B) Jerusalem?
To what can I liken you,
    that I may comfort you,
    Virgin Daughter Zion?(C)
Your wound is as deep as the sea.(D)
    Who can heal you?

14 The visions of your prophets
    were false(E) and worthless;
they did not expose your sin
    to ward off your captivity.(F)
The prophecies they gave you
    were false and misleading.(G)

15 All who pass your way
    clap their hands at you;(H)
they scoff(I) and shake their heads(J)
    at Daughter Jerusalem:(K)
“Is this the city that was called
    the perfection of beauty,(L)
    the joy of the whole earth?”(M)

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