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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.

20 Jerusalem, look up and see
    the people coming from the north.
Where is the flock God gave you to care for,
    the flock you bragged about?

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18 Say to the king(A) and to the queen mother,(B)
    “Come down from your thrones,
for your glorious crowns(C)
    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(D) will be carried into exile,
    carried completely away.

20 Look up and see
    those who are coming from the north.(E)
Where is the flock(F) that was entrusted to you,
    the sheep of which you boasted?

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