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12 Banqueting on wine with harp and lyre,
    timbrel and flute,(A)
But the deed of the Lord they do not regard,
    the work of his hands they do not see!(B)
13 Therefore my people go into exile
    for lack of understanding,(C)
Its nobles starving,
    its masses parched with thirst.
14 Therefore Sheol enlarges its throat
    and opens its mouth beyond measure;(D)
Down into it go nobility and masses,
    tumult and revelry.

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12 They have harps and lyres at their banquets,
    pipes(A) and timbrels(B) and wine,
but they have no regard(C) for the deeds of the Lord,
    no respect for the work of his hands.(D)
13 Therefore my people will go into exile(E)
    for lack of understanding;(F)
those of high rank(G) will die of hunger
    and the common people will be parched with thirst.(H)
14 Therefore Death(I) expands its jaws,
    opening wide its mouth;(J)
into it will descend their nobles and masses
    with all their brawlers and revelers.(K)

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