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The earth lies (A)defiled
    under its inhabitants;
for (B)they have transgressed the laws,
    violated the statutes,
    broken the everlasting covenant.
Therefore (C)a curse devours the earth,
    and its inhabitants (D)suffer for their guilt;
therefore the inhabitants of the earth are scorched,
    and few men are left.
(E)The wine mourns,
    the vine languishes,
    all the merry-hearted sigh.

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