17 For (A)in a single hour all this wealth (B)has been laid waste.”

And (C)all shipmasters and seafaring men, sailors and all whose trade is on the sea, stood far off 18 and (D)cried out (E)as they saw the smoke of her burning,

(F)“What city was like the great city?”

19 And they threw (G)dust on their heads as they wept and mourned, crying out,

“Alas, alas, for the great city
    (H)where all who had ships at sea
    grew rich by her wealth!
For (I)in a single hour she has been laid waste.

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