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I was angry with my people,
    I profaned my heritage;
I gave them into your hand,
    you showed them no mercy;
on the aged you made your yoke
    exceedingly heavy.
You said, ‘I shall be mistress for ever’,
    so that you did not lay these things to heart
    or remember their end.

Now therefore hear this, you lover of pleasures,
    who sit securely,
who say in your heart,
    ‘I am, and there is no one besides me;
I shall not sit as a widow
    or know the loss of children’—

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I was angry(A) with my people
    and desecrated my inheritance;(B)
I gave them into your hand,(C)
    and you showed them no mercy.(D)
Even on the aged
    you laid a very heavy yoke.
You said, ‘I am forever(E)
    the eternal queen!’(F)
But you did not consider these things
    or reflect(G) on what might happen.(H)

“Now then, listen, you lover of pleasure,
    lounging in your security(I)
and saying to yourself,
    ‘I am, and there is none besides me.(J)
I will never be a widow(K)
    or suffer the loss of children.’

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