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20 Jerusalem, look up!
    Your enemies are coming from the north.
Where is the flock you were supposed to take care of?
    Where are the sheep you were so proud of?
21 You have worked hard to make special friends.
    But the Lord will let them rule over you.
    Then what will you say?
Suffering will take hold of you.
    It will be like the pain of a woman having a baby.
22 Suppose you ask yourself,
    “Why has this happened to me?”
It’s because you have committed so many sins.
    That’s the reason your skirt has been torn off.
    That’s why your body has been treated so badly.

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20 Look up and see
    those who are coming from the north.(A)
Where is the flock(B) that was entrusted to you,
    the sheep of which you boasted?
21 What will you say when the Lord sets over you
    those you cultivated as your special allies?(C)
Will not pain grip you
    like that of a woman in labor?(D)
22 And if you ask yourself,
    “Why has this happened to me?”(E)
it is because of your many sins(F)
    that your skirts have been torn off(G)
    and your body mistreated.(H)

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