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Listen to the loud noise coming from the city.
    Hear the noise from the Temple.
It is the Lord punishing his enemies.
    He is giving them the punishment they should have.

“A woman does not give birth before she feels the pain.
    She does not give birth to a son before she feels the pain of birth.
No one has ever heard of that happening.
    No one has ever seen that happen.
In the same way no one ever saw a country begin in one day.
    No one has ever heard of a new nation beginning in one day.
But Jerusalem will give birth to her children
    just as soon as she feels the birth pains.

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