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11 All her people cry inside themselves as they look for bread. They have traded their things of much worth for food to have strength. “Look and see, O Lord, for I am hated. 12 Is it nothing to all you who pass this way? Look and see if there is any sorrow like my sorrow given me, which the Lord put on me in the day of His burning anger. 13 He sent fire from on high into my bones. He has spread a net for my feet and has turned me back. He has left me destroyed, and weak all day long.

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11 All her people groan(A)
    as they search for bread;(B)
they barter their treasures for food
    to keep themselves alive.
“Look, Lord, and consider,
    for I am despised.”

12 “Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by?(C)
    Look around and see.
Is any suffering like my suffering(D)
    that was inflicted on me,
that the Lord brought on me
    in the day of his fierce anger?(E)

13 “From on high he sent fire,
    sent it down into my bones.(F)
He spread a net(G) for my feet
    and turned me back.
He made me desolate,(H)
    faint(I) all the day long.

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