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20 Death has come up through our windows,
    has entered our citadels,
To cut down children in the street,
    young people in the squares.(A)
21 Corpses shall fall
    like dung in the open field,
Like sheaves behind the harvester,
    with no one to gather them.

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22     Thus says the Lord:
Let not the wise boast of his wisdom,
    nor the strong boast of his strength,
    nor the rich man boast of his riches;

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20 Now, you women, hear the word of the Lord;
    open your ears to the words of his mouth.(A)
Teach your daughters how to wail;
    teach one another a lament.(B)
21 Death has climbed in through our windows(C)
    and has entered our fortresses;
it has removed the children from the streets
    and the young men(D) from the public squares.

22 Say, “This is what the Lord declares:

“‘Dead bodies will lie
    like dung(E) on the open field,
like cut grain behind the reaper,
    with no one to gather them.’”

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