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21 How long will our enemy continue to attack us?
    How long will I see their flags and hear their trumpets?

22 The Lord says,

‘My people are fools.
    They do not know me.
They are like children who do not know anything.
    They understand nothing.
They are very clever at doing evil things.

But they do not know how to do what is good.’

Jeremiah's vision

23 I looked at the earth.
    It had no shape and it was empty.
I looked at the sky.
    Its light had disappeared.

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21 How long must I see the battle standard(A)
    and hear the sound of the trumpet?(B)

22 “My people are fools;(C)
    they do not know me.(D)
They are senseless children;
    they have no understanding.(E)
They are skilled in doing evil;(F)
    they know not how to do good.”(G)

23 I looked at the earth,
    and it was formless and empty;(H)
and at the heavens,
    and their light(I) was gone.

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