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Someone will even seize a relative,
    a member of the clan, saying,
‘You have a cloak;
    you shall be our leader,
and this heap of ruins
    shall be under your rule.’
But the other will cry out on that day, saying,
‘I will not be a healer;
    in my house there is neither bread nor cloak;
you shall not make me
    leader of the people.’
For Jerusalem has stumbled
    and Judah has fallen,
because their speech and their deeds are against the Lord,
    defying his glorious presence.

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A man will seize one of his brothers
    in his father’s house, and say,
“You have a cloak, you be our leader;
    take charge of this heap of ruins!”
But in that day(A) he will cry out,
    “I have no remedy.(B)
I have no food(C) or clothing in my house;
    do not make me the leader of the people.”(D)

Jerusalem staggers,
    Judah is falling;(E)
their words(F) and deeds(G) are against the Lord,
    defying(H) his glorious presence.

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