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10 When I weep and I stop eating food,
    it causes people to insult me.
11 When I wear rough clothes to show that I am sad,
    people laugh at me.
12 People who sit at the city gate talk about me.[a]
People who are drunk make songs
    to sing about me.

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  1. 69:12 The leaders of the people sat by the gate of their town. They talked together to decide what to do.

10 When I weep and fast,(A)
    I must endure scorn;
11 when I put on sackcloth,(B)
    people make sport of me.
12 Those who sit at the gate(C) mock me,
    and I am the song of the drunkards.(D)

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