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24 We have (A)heard the report of it;
Our hands are limp.
(B)Distress has taken hold of us,
Pain as of a woman in childbirth.
25 (C)Do not go out into the field
And (D)do not walk on the road,
For the enemy has a sword;
(E)Terror is on every side.
26 O daughter of my people, (F)gird yourself with sackcloth
And (G)roll in ashes;
[a](H)Mourn as for an only son,
A lamentation most bitter.
For suddenly the destroyer
Will come upon us.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 6:26 Lit Make for yourself mourning