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“The woman who gave birth to seven will grow faint,
    her life will expire.
Her sun will set while it’s still day.
    She will be disgraced and humiliated.
I’ll kill the rest of them with swords
    in the presence of their enemies,”
        declares the Lord.

Jeremiah’s Complaint

10 How terrible for me, my mother,
    that you gave birth to me,
a man of strife and contention for the whole land!
    I’ve neither lent nor borrowed,
        yet everyone curses me.

God’s Answer to Jeremiah’s Complaint

11 The Lord said,

“Have I not set you free
    for a good purpose?
Have I not intervened for you with your enemies
    in times of trouble and times of distress?

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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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