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19 The people of Jerusalem cried out,

“How badly we are hurt!
    Our wounds will not heal.
And we thought this was something we could endure!
20 Our tents are ruined;
    the ropes that held them have broken.
Our children have all gone away;
    there is no one left to put up our tents again;
    there is no one to hang their curtains.”

21 I answered, “Our leaders are stupid;
    they do not ask the Lord for guidance.
This is why they have failed,
    and our people have been scattered.

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