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17     They will spread out and surround Jerusalem on every side like guards in a field,
        all because she has acted against Me.

18     (to the people) You chose this path that led to disaster.
        Your plans and actions brought it on.
    It is your wickedness that tastes so bitter,
        your evil that pierces your heart.

19 I’ve got this awful feeling in the pit of my stomach. I’m in agony.
    Every beat of my heart pounds with an awful dread.
I can’t stay silent, for I know what is coming
    oh my soul, there it is: the blast of the trumpet;
The battle cries of the invading hoards.

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17 They surround(A) her like men guarding a field,
    because she has rebelled(B) against me,’”
declares the Lord.
18 “Your own conduct and actions(C)
    have brought this on you.(D)
This is your punishment.
    How bitter(E) it is!
    How it pierces to the heart!”

19 Oh, my anguish, my anguish!(F)
    I writhe in pain.(G)
Oh, the agony of my heart!
    My heart pounds(H) within me,
    I cannot keep silent.(I)
For I have heard the sound of the trumpet;(J)
    I have heard the battle cry.(K)

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