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A lion has gone up from his thicket,
    a destroyer of nations has set out;
    he has gone forth from his place
to make your land a waste;
    your cities will be ruins
    without inhabitant.
For this gird you with sackcloth,
    lament and wail;
for the fierce anger of the Lord
    has not turned back from us.”

“In that day, says the Lord, courage shall fail both king and princes; the priests shall be appalled and the prophets astounded.”

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