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Lost sheep were my people,
    their shepherds misled them,
    leading them astray on the mountains;
From mountain to hill they wandered,
    forgetting their fold.(A)
Whoever happened upon them devoured them;
    their enemies said, “We are not guilty,
Because they sinned against the Lord,
    the abode of justice, the hope of their ancestors.”(B)
Flee from the midst of Babylon,
    leave the land of the Chaldeans,
    be like rams at the head of the flock.(C)

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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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