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“My people have been like lost sheep.
    Their shepherds led them the wrong way
and caused them to wander away into the mountains and hills.
    They forgot where their resting place was.
They were attacked by all who saw them.
    And their attackers said,
‘We were not wrong to attack them
    because they sinned against the Lord.
They should have stayed close to him, their true resting place.
    The Lord is the one their fathers trusted in.’

“Run away from Babylon.
    Leave the land of the Babylonians.
    Be like the goats that lead the flock.

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“My people have been lost sheep;(A)
    their shepherds(B) have led them astray(C)
    and caused them to roam on the mountains.
They wandered over mountain and hill(D)
    and forgot their own resting place.(E)
Whoever found them devoured(F) them;
    their enemies said, ‘We are not guilty,(G)
for they sinned against the Lord, their verdant pasture,
    the Lord, the hope(H) of their ancestors.’

“Flee(I) out of Babylon;(J)
    leave the land of the Babylonians,
    and be like the goats that lead the flock.

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