17 You will say this word to them,
(A)Let my eyes stream down tears night and day,
And let them not cease;
For the virgin (B)daughter of my people has been crushed with a mighty blow,
With a sorely (C)infected wound.

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17 “Speak this word to them:

“‘Let my eyes overflow with tears(A)
    night and day without ceasing;
for the Virgin(B) Daughter, my people,
    has suffered a grievous wound,
    a crushing blow.(C)

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(A)I will build you again and you will be rebuilt,
Virgin of Israel!
You will [a]take up your (B)tambourines again,
And go out to the dances of the (C)revelers.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 31:4 Lit adorn yourself with

I will build you up again,
    and you, Virgin(A) Israel, will be rebuilt.(B)
Again you will take up your timbrels(C)
    and go out to dance(D) with the joyful.(E)

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