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She that hath borne seven languisheth, she hath given up the ghost; her sun is gone down while it is yet day; she is put to shame and confounded. And the residue of them will I give up to the sword before their enemies, saith Jehovah.

10 Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole land! I have not lent on usury, nor have they lent to me on usury; [yet] every one of them doth curse me.

11 Jehovah said, Verily I will set thee free for [thy] good; verily I will cause the enemy to meet thee kindly in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.

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The mother of seven will grow faint(A)
    and breathe her last.(B)
Her sun will set while it is still day;
    she will be disgraced(C) and humiliated.
I will put the survivors to the sword(D)
    before their enemies,”(E)
declares the Lord.

10 Alas, my mother, that you gave me birth,(F)
    a man with whom the whole land strives and contends!(G)
I have neither lent(H) nor borrowed,
    yet everyone curses(I) me.

11 The Lord said,

“Surely I will deliver you(J) for a good purpose;
    surely I will make your enemies plead(K) with you
    in times of disaster and times of distress.

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