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15 So now, this is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says: Look! I will feed them with bitterness and give them poison to drink. 16 I will scatter them around the world, in places they and their ancestors never heard of, and even there I will chase them with the sword until I have destroyed them completely.”

Weeping in Jerusalem

17 This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says:
“Consider all this, and call for the mourners.
    Send for the women who mourn at funerals.

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15 Therefore this is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: “See, I will make this people eat bitter food(A) and drink poisoned water.(B) 16 I will scatter them among nations(C) that neither they nor their ancestors have known,(D) and I will pursue them with the sword(E) until I have made an end of them.”(F)

17 This is what the Lord Almighty says:

“Consider now! Call for the wailing women(G) to come;
    send for the most skillful of them.

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