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Yet I will inflict distress upon Ariel,
    and there will be endless mourning and lamentation
    as she becomes like an altar of fire.
I will encamp against you like David,
    completely surround you with my forces
    and erect siege-works against you.
Then, as you lie prostrate, you will speak,
    and from the dust of the earth
    your words will come forth.
Your voice will rise from the ground
    like that of a ghost,
    and your words will whisper out of the dust.

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