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As a well keeps its waters fresh,
    so she keeps fresh her wickedness.
Violence and destruction resound in her;
    ever before me are wounds and blows.(A)
Be warned, Jerusalem,
    or I will be estranged from you,
And I will turn you into a wilderness,
    a land where no one dwells.
    Thus says the Lord of hosts:
Glean, glean like a vine
    the remnant of Israel;
Pass your hand, like a vintager,
    repeatedly over the tendrils.

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