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19 “Your country was ruined and desolate—
    but now it will be too small
    for those who are coming to live there.
And those who left you in ruins
    will be far removed from you.
20 Your people who were born in exile
    will one day say to you,
‘This land is too small—
    we need more room to live in!’
21 Then you will say to yourself,
‘Who bore all these children for me?
I lost my children and could have no more.
I was exiled and driven away—
    who brought these children up?
I was left all alone—
    where did 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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