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17 If you do not listen to this in your pride,
    I will weep many tears in secret;
My eyes will run with tears
    for the Lord’s flock, led away to exile.(A)

Exile

18 Say to the king and to the queen mother:
    come down from your throne;
From your heads
    your splendid crowns will fall.(B)
19 The cities of the Negeb are besieged,
    with no one to relieve them;
Judah is taken into exile—all of it—
    in total exile.

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17 If you do not listen,(A)
    I will weep in secret
    because of your pride;
my eyes will weep bitterly,
    overflowing with tears,(B)
    because the Lord’s flock(C) will be taken captive.(D)

18 Say to the king(E) and to the queen mother,(F)
    “Come down from your thrones,
for your glorious crowns(G)
    will fall from your heads.”
19 The cities in the Negev will be shut up,
    and there will be no one to open them.
All Judah(H) will be carried into exile,
    carried completely away.

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