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17 Zion spreads out her hands.
    There is no one to comfort her.
Yahweh has commanded concerning Jacob,
    that those who are around him should be his adversaries.
    Jerusalem is among them as an unclean thing.

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17 Jerusalem reaches out for help,
    but no one comforts her.
Regarding his people Israel,[a]
    the Lord has said,
“Let their neighbors be their enemies!
    Let them be thrown away like a filthy rag!”

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Footnotes

  1. 1:17 Hebrew Jacob. The names “Jacob” and “Israel” are often interchanged throughout the Old Testament, referring sometimes to the individual patriarch and sometimes to the nation.