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For who will have pity on you, Jerusalem?
    Who will mourn you?
    Who will come to ask of your welfare?
You have rejected me,” says Yahweh.
    “You have gone backward.
Therefore I have stretched out my hand against you
    and destroyed you.
    I am weary of showing compassion.
I have winnowed them with a fan in the gates of the land.
    I have bereaved them of children.
I have destroyed my people.
    They didn’t return from their ways.
Their widows are increased more than the sand of the seas.
    I have brought on them against the mother of the young men a destroyer at noonday.
    I have caused anguish and terrors to fall on her suddenly.
She who has borne seven languishes.
    She has given up the spirit.
Her sun has gone down while it was yet day.
    She has been disappointed and confounded.
    I will deliver their residue to the sword before their enemies,” says Yahweh.

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Who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem,
    or who will bemoan you?
Who will turn aside
    to ask about your welfare?
You have rejected me, says the Lord;
    you are going backward,
so I have stretched out my hand against you and destroyed you—
    I am weary of relenting.(A)
I have winnowed them with a winnowing fork
    in the gates of the land;
I have bereaved them; I have destroyed my people;
    they did not turn from their ways.(B)
Their widows became more numerous
    than the sand of the seas;
I have brought against the mothers of youths
    a destroyer at noonday;
I have made anguish and terror
    fall upon her suddenly.
She who bore seven has languished;
    she has swooned away;
her sun went down while it was yet day;
    she has been shamed and disgraced.
And the rest of them I will give to the sword
    before their enemies,
            says the Lord.(C)

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“Who will have pity(A) on you, Jerusalem?
    Who will mourn for you?
    Who will stop to ask how you are?
You have rejected(B) me,” declares the Lord.
    “You keep on backsliding.
So I will reach out(C) and destroy you;
    I am tired of holding back.(D)
I will winnow(E) them with a winnowing fork
    at the city gates of the land.
I will bring bereavement(F) and destruction on my people,(G)
    for they have not changed their ways.(H)
I will make their widows(I) more numerous
    than the sand of the sea.
At midday I will bring a destroyer(J)
    against the mothers of their young men;
suddenly I will bring down on them
    anguish and terror.(K)
The mother of seven will grow faint(L)
    and breathe her last.(M)
Her sun will set while it is still day;
    she will be disgraced(N) and humiliated.
I will put the survivors to the sword(O)
    before their enemies,”(P)
declares the Lord.

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