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17 If you don’t listen,
    I will weep in secret.
    Because you are so proud,
I will weep bitterly.
    Tears will flow from my eyes.
    The Lord’s flock will be taken away as prisoners.

18 Speak to the king and his mother. Tell them,
    “Come down from your thrones.
Your glorious crowns
    are about to fall from your heads.”
19 The gates of the cities in the Negev Desert will be shut tight.
    There won’t be anyone to open them.
Everyone in Judah will be carried away as prisoners.
    You will be completely taken away.

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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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