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50 Escapees from the sword, go!
Do not stand still!
Remember Adonai from afar—
and make aliyah to Jerusalem in your heart.

51 “We were shamed
when we heard reproach.
Disgrace has covered our faces,
for foreigners entered
the holy places of Adonai’s House.”

52 “Therefore behold, days are coming”
—it is a declaration of Adonai
“when I will punish her idols,
and the wounded will groan
throughout all her land.

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50 You who have escaped the sword,
    leave(A) and do not linger!
Remember(B) the Lord in a distant land,(C)
    and call to mind Jerusalem.”

51 “We are disgraced,(D)
    for we have been insulted
    and shame covers our faces,
because foreigners have entered
    the holy places of the Lord’s house.”(E)

52 “But days are coming,” declares the Lord,
    “when I will punish her idols,(F)
and throughout her land
    the wounded will groan.(G)

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