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For a nation has invaded my land.
Vast—yes, without number!
Its teeth are lion’s teeth,
    with jaw-teeth of a lioness.[a]
He has turned my vine to waste
and my fig tree to splinters.
He has stripped off all the bark
    and flung it down—
its branches are left white.
Wail like a virgin dressed in sackcloth
for the husband of her youth!

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Footnotes

  1. Joel 1:6 cf. Rev. 9:7-8.

A nation has invaded my land,
    a mighty army without number;(A)
it has the teeth(B) of a lion,
    the fangs of a lioness.
It has laid waste(C) my vines
    and ruined my fig trees.(D)
It has stripped off their bark
    and thrown it away,
    leaving their branches white.

Mourn like a virgin in sackcloth(E)
    grieving for the betrothed of her youth.

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