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For thussays the LORD, "Do not enter a house of mourning, or go to lament or to console them; for I have withdrawn My peace from thispeople," declares the LORD, "My lovingkindness and compassion.
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"Both greatmen and small will die in thisland; they will not be buried, they will not be lamented, nor will anyone gash himself or shave his head for them.
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"Men will not break bread in mourning for them, to comfort anyone for the dead, norgive them a cup of consolation to drink for anyone's father or mother.
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For thussays the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: "Behold, I am going to eliminate from thisplace, before your eyes and in your time, the voice of rejoicing and the voice of gladness, the voice of the groom and the voice of the bride.