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Arise, and let us attack by night
    and destroy her palaces!”
For thus says the Lord of hosts:
(A)“Cut down her trees;
    (B)cast up a siege mound against Jerusalem.
This is the city that must be (C)punished;
    there is nothing but oppression within her.
(D)As a well keeps its water fresh,
    so she keeps fresh her evil;
(E)violence and destruction are heard within her;
    sickness and wounds are ever before me.

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