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Therefore, put on sackcloth—
        lament and wail!
    For the fierce anger of Adonai
        has not turned away from us.”
“It will happen in that day”
    —it is a declaration of Adonai
    “that the king’s heart will fail,
    as will the heart of the princes.
    The kohanim will be appalled,
    and the prophets will be stunned.”

10 Then I said, “Alas, Adonai Elohim! How completely You have deceived this people and Jerusalem saying, ‘You will have shalom,’ until the sword touches the soul!”

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So put on sackcloth,(A)
    lament(B) and wail,
for the fierce anger(C) of the Lord
    has not turned away from us.

“In that day,” declares the Lord,
    “the king and the officials will lose heart,(D)
the priests will be horrified,
    and the prophets will be appalled.”(E)

10 Then I said, “Alas, Sovereign Lord! How completely you have deceived(F) this people and Jerusalem by saying, ‘You will have peace,’(G) when the sword is at our throats!”

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