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10 Broken down is the city of chaos,[a]
    every house is shut against entry.(A)
11 In the streets they cry out for lack of wine;
    all joy has grown dim,
    cheer is exiled from the land.(B)
12 In the city nothing remains but desolation,
    gates battered into ruins.

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Footnotes

  1. 24:10 City of chaos: a godless city which appears several times in chaps. 24–27; see note on 24:1–27:13.

10 The ruined city(A) lies desolate;(B)
    the entrance to every house is barred.
11 In the streets they cry out(C) for wine;(D)
    all joy turns to gloom,(E)
    all joyful sounds are banished from the earth.
12 The city is left in ruins,(F)
    its gate(G) is battered to pieces.

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