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11 They bandage the wound of my people
    as though it were a minor injury.
“Peace! Peace!” they say,
    when there is no peace.
12 They should be embarrassed at their loathsome deeds,
    yet they are not the least bit ashamed;
    they do not even know how to blush.
Therefore, they will join the others who have fallen;
    when the day of punishment arrives,
    they will be thrown down, says the Lord.

A Prophet’s Lament

13 I will gather them all in,
    the Lord has promised;
there will be no grapes on the vine,
    no figs on the fig trees.
Even the leaves will be withered;
    what I have given them
    will be taken away from them.

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