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Yahweh has sworn by the pride of Jacob,
    “Surely I will never forget any of their works.
Won’t the land tremble for this,
    and everyone mourn who dwells in it?
Yes, it will rise up wholly like the River;
    and it will be stirred up and sink again, like the River of Egypt.
It will happen in that day,” says the Lord Yahweh,
    “that I will cause the sun to go down at noon,
    and I will darken the earth in the clear day.
10 I will turn your feasts into mourning,
    and all your songs into lamentation;
and I will make you wear sackcloth on all your bodies,
    and baldness on every head.
I will make it like the mourning for an only son,
    and its end like a bitter day.
11 Behold, the days come,” says the Lord Yahweh,
    “that I will send a famine in the land,
    not a famine of bread,
    nor a thirst for water,
    but of hearing Yahweh’s words.
12 They will wander from sea to sea,
    and from the north even to the east;
    they will run back and forth to seek Yahweh’s word,
    and will not find it.
13 In that day the beautiful virgins
    and the young men will faint for thirst.
14 Those who swear by the sin of Samaria,
    and say, ‘As your god, Dan, lives;’
    and, ‘As the way of Beersheba lives;’
    they will fall, and never rise up again.”

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The Lord has sworn by (A)the pride of Jacob:
“Surely (B)I will never forget any of their deeds.
(C)Shall not the land tremble on this account,
    and everyone mourn who dwells in it,
(D)and all of it rise like the Nile,
    and be tossed about (E)and sink again, like the Nile of Egypt?”

“And on that day,” declares the Lord God,
    (F)“I will make the sun go down at noon
    and darken the earth in broad daylight.
10 (G)I will turn your feasts into mourning
    and all your songs into lamentation;
(H)I will bring sackcloth on every waist
    (I)and baldness on every head;
(J)I will make it like the mourning for an only son
    and the end of it like a bitter day.

11 “Behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord God,
    “when (K)I will send a famine on the land—
not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water,
    (L)but of hearing the words of the Lord.
12 (M)They shall wander from sea to sea,
    and from north to east;
they shall run to and fro, to seek the word of the Lord,
    (N)but they shall not find it.

13 (O)“In that day the lovely virgins and the young men
    shall (P)faint for thirst.
14 Those who swear by (Q)the Guilt of Samaria,
    and say, ‘As your god lives, O Dan,’
and, ‘As (R)the Way of (S)Beersheba lives,’
    they shall fall, and never rise again.”

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