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When a man takes hold of his brother
    in the house of his father, saying:
“You have a cloak, you be our ruler!
    This ruin is under your charge.”
In that day he will protest, saying:
    “I’m no healer!
In my house is no bread or cloak.
    Don’t make me a ruler of people!”

For Jerusalem has stumbled,
    and Judah is fallen.
For their tongue and their actions
    are against Adonai,
    defying the eyes of His glory.

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