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They gave the dead bodies of Thy servants Food for the fowls of the heavens, The flesh of Thy saints For the wild beast of the earth.

They have shed their blood As water round about Jerusalem, And there is none burying.

We have been a reproach to our neighbours, A scorn and a derision to our surrounders.

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They have left the dead bodies of your servants
    as food for the birds of the sky,(A)
    the flesh of your own people for the animals of the wild.(B)
They have poured out blood like water
    all around Jerusalem,
    and there is no one to bury(C) the dead.(D)
We are objects of contempt to our neighbors,
    of scorn(E) and derision to those around us.(F)

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