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26     rulers and elders groaned;
young women and young men became faint;
    the beauty of the women faded.
27 Every bridegroom took up the lament;
    she who sat in the bridal chamber was mourning.(A)
28 Even the land trembled for its inhabitants,
    and all the house of Jacob was clothed with shame.

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