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17 If you don’t listen to him,
    I will cry secretly
    because of your pride.
I will cry painfully,
    and my eyes will overflow with tears,
    because the Lord’s people will be captured.

18 Tell this to the king and the queen mother:
    “Come down from your thrones,
because your beautiful crowns
    have fallen from your heads.”
19 The cities of southern Judah are locked up,
    and no one can open them.
All Judah will be taken as captives to a foreign land;
    they will be carried away completely.

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17 If you do not listen,(A)
    I will weep in secret
    because of your pride;
my eyes will weep bitterly,
    overflowing with tears,(B)
    because the Lord’s flock(C) will be taken captive.(D)

18 Say to the king(E) and to the queen mother,(F)
    “Come down from your thrones,
for your glorious crowns(G)
    will fall from your heads.”
19 The cities in the Negev will be shut up,
    and there will be no one to open them.
All Judah(H) will be carried into exile,
    carried completely away.

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