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20 Look up, and see those who are coming from the north.
    Where is the flock that was given to you—your beautiful sheep?
21 What will you say
    when Yahweh makes the people you thought were your friends
        your new masters?
            Won’t pain grip you like a woman in labor?
22 If you ask yourself,
    “Why do these things happen to me?”
        it’s because you have so many sins.
            Your clothes have been torn off
                and your limbs are bare.

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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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