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so that the princes and elders mourned, the virgins and young men were made feeble, and the beauty of women was changed.
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Every bridegroom took up lamentation, and she that sat in the marriage chamber was in heaviness.
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The land also was moved for the inhabitants thereof, and all the house of Jacob was covered with confusion.
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And after two years had fully expired, the king sent his chief collector of tribute unto the cities of Judah, who came unto Jerusalem with a great multitude
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and spoke peaceable words unto them, but all was deceit. For when they had given him credence, he fell suddenly upon the city and smote it very sorely, and destroyed many people of Israel.
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