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You have rejected me,” says Adonai.
“You are heading backward.
So I am stretching out my hand against you;
tired of sparing you, I am destroying you.
With a winnowing fork I am scattering them
to the wind at the gates of the land;
I am bereaving them, destroying my people,
because they will not return from their ways.
Their widows increase in number
more than the sand of the seas;
At midday I am bringing the destroyer
on the mothers of young men,
causing anguish and terror
suddenly to fall upon her.

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You have rejected(A) me,” declares the Lord.
    “You keep on backsliding.
So I will reach out(B) and destroy you;
    I am tired of holding back.(C)
I will winnow(D) them with a winnowing fork
    at the city gates of the land.
I will bring bereavement(E) and destruction on my people,(F)
    for they have not changed their ways.(G)
I will make their widows(H) more numerous
    than the sand of the sea.
At midday I will bring a destroyer(I)
    against the mothers of their young men;
suddenly I will bring down on them
    anguish and terror.(J)

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