Rise up, you (A)women who are at ease,
And hear my voice;
(B)Listen to my word,
You complacent daughters.

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The Women of Jerusalem

You women(A) who are so complacent,
    rise up and listen(B) to me;
you daughters who feel secure,(C)
    hear what I have to say!

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11 Tremble, you women who are at ease;
(A)Be troubled, you complacent daughters;
(B)Strip, undress, and put sackcloth on your waist,

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11 Tremble,(A) you complacent women;
    shudder, you daughters who feel secure!(B)
Strip off your fine clothes(C)
    and wrap yourselves in rags.(D)

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15 This is the (A)presumptuous city
That (B)dwells securely,
Who says in her heart,
(C)I am, and there is no one besides me.”
How she has become a (D)desolation,
A resting place for animals!
(E)Everyone who passes by her will [a]hiss
And wave his hand in contempt.

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 2:15 Or whistle

15 This is the city of revelry(A)
    that lived in safety.(B)
She said to herself,
    “I am the one! And there is none besides me.”(C)
What a ruin she has become,
    a lair for wild beasts!(D)
All who pass by her scoff(E)
    and shake their fists.(F)

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