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23 You [C King Jehoiakim] live in Lebanon [C the palace was made of cedar from Lebanon],
    ·cozy [nestled] in your rooms of cedar.
But when your ·punishment [L pangs] comes, how you will groan
    like a woman ·giving birth to a baby [in labor]!

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23 You who live in ‘Lebanon,[a](A)
    who are nestled in cedar buildings,
how you will groan when pangs come upon you,
    pain(B) like that of a woman in labor!

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 22:23 That is, the palace in Jerusalem (see 1 Kings 7:2)