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The mother of seven will grow faint.
She will breathe her last.
Her sun will set while it is still day,
and she will be ashamed and humiliated.
The survivors I will put to the sword in the presence of their enemies,
        declares the Lord.

Jeremiah’s Complaint

10 I am so miserable, my mother, that you gave birth to me.

I am the man with whom the whole land argues and quarrels.

I have not lent or borrowed, but everyone curses me.

The Lord’s Response to Jeremiah

11 The Lord said:

I will surely set you free for your own good.
I will surely make your enemies plead with you
in a time of trouble and in a time of distress.

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