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19 “You are destroyed and defeated now.
    Your land is useless.
But after a short time, you will have many people in your land.
    And those who destroyed you will be far, far away.
20 You were sad for the children you lost, but they will tell you,
    ‘This place is too small!
    Give us a bigger place to live!’
21 Then you will say to yourself,
    ‘Who gave me all these children?
I was sad and lonely.
    My children were taken away.
They were gone.
    So who gave me these children?
Look, I was the only one left.
    Where did all these children come from?’”

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19 “Though you were ruined and made desolate(A)
    and your land laid waste,(B)
now you will be too small for your people,(C)
    and those who devoured(D) you will be far away.
20 The children born during your bereavement
    will yet say in your hearing,
‘This place is too small for us;
    give us more space to live in.’(E)
21 Then you will say in your heart,
    ‘Who bore me these?(F)
I was bereaved(G) and barren;
    I was exiled and rejected.(H)
    Who brought these(I) up?
I was left(J) all alone,(K)
    but these—where have they come from?’”

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