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My people were lost sheep;
    their shepherds led them astray
    and caused them to roam on the mountains.
They wandered over mountains and hills
    and lost the way to their fold.
Whoever came upon them devoured them,
    and their enemies insisted,
    “We incur no guilt,
because they have sinned
    against the Lord, their true pasture,
    against the Lord, the hope of their fathers.”
Flee from Babylon and the land of the Chaldeans;
    be like male goats leading 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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