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"You will saythisword to them, 'Let my eyesflowdown with tearsnight and day, And let them not cease; For the virgindaughter of my people has been crushed with a mightyblow, With a sorelyinfectedwound.
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'If I go out to the country, Behold, those slain with the sword! Or if I enter the city, Behold, diseases of famine! For bothprophet and priest Have gone rovingabout in the land that they do not know.' "
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Have You completelyrejectedJudah? Or have You loathedZion? Why have You stricken us so that we are beyondhealing? We waited for peace, but nothinggood came; And for a time of healing, but behold, terror!
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Are thereany among the idols of the nations who giverain? Or can the heavensgrantshowers? Is it not You, O LORD our God? Therefore we hope in You, For You are the one who has doneallthesethings.