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[a]You who were full of noise,
    tumultuous city,
    exultant town?(A)
Your slain are not slain with the sword,
    nor killed in battle.
All your leaders fled away together,
    they were captured without use of bow;
All who were found were captured together,
    though they had fled afar off.
That is why I say: Turn away from me,
    let me weep bitterly;
Do not try to comfort me
    for the ruin of the daughter of my people.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 22:2–3 The retreat of Judah’s soldiers is a further reason that rejoicing is not in order.