you town so full of commotion,
    you city of tumult(A) and revelry?(B)
Your slain(C) were not killed by the sword,(D)
    nor did they die in battle.
All your leaders have fled(E) together;
    they have been captured(F) without using the bow.
All you who were caught were taken prisoner together,
    having fled while the enemy was still far away.
Therefore I said, “Turn away from me;
    let me weep(G) bitterly.
Do not try to console me
    over the destruction of my people.”(H)

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