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All your leaders fled away together,
    only to be captured
    without a weapon to defend themselves.
All of them who were found were captured
    even though they had fled in all directions.
That is the reason why I said:
    Turn your eyes away from me;
    let me weep bitterly.
Do not try to console me
    about the destruction of my people.
For this is a day ordained by the Lord of hosts,
a day of rout, tumult, and confusion
    in the Valley of Vision,
a day on which walls will be battered down
    and cries for help echo through the mountains.

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