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11 Between the city walls, you build a reservoir
    for water from the old pool.
But you never ask for help from the One who did all this.
    You never considered the One who planned this long ago.

12 At that time the Lord, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies,
    called you to weep and mourn.
He told you to shave your heads in sorrow for your sins
    and to wear clothes of burlap to show your remorse.
13 But instead, you dance and play;
    you slaughter cattle and kill sheep.
    You feast on meat and drink wine.
You say, “Let’s feast and drink,
    for tomorrow we die!”

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11 You built a reservoir between the two walls(A)
    for the water of the Old Pool,(B)
but you did not look to the One who made it,
    or have regard(C) for the One who planned(D) it long ago.

12 The Lord, the Lord Almighty,
    called you on that day(E)
to weep(F) and to wail,
    to tear out your hair(G) and put on sackcloth.(H)
13 But see, there is joy and revelry,(I)
    slaughtering of cattle and killing of sheep,
    eating of meat and drinking of wine!(J)
“Let us eat and drink,” you say,
    “for tomorrow we die!”(K)

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