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17 They have closed in around her like watchers of a field
    because she has rebelled against me,
            says the Lord.(A)
18 Your ways and your doings
    have brought this upon you.
This is your doom; how bitter it is!
    It has reached your very heart.”(B)

Sorrow for a Doomed Nation

19 My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain!
    Oh, the walls of my heart!
My heart is beating wildly;
    I cannot keep silent,
for I[a] hear the sound of the trumpet,
    the alarm of war.(C)

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  1. 4.19 Or for you, O my soul,