(A)“Prepare war against her;
    arise, and let us attack (B)at noon!
Woe to us, for the day declines,
    for the shadows of evening lengthen!
Arise, and let us attack by night
    and destroy her palaces!”

For thus says the Lord of hosts:
(C)“Cut down her trees;
    (D)cast up a siege mound against Jerusalem.
This is the city that must be (E)punished;
    there is nothing but oppression within her.

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