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You have forsaken me and turned your backs upon me. Therefore, I will clench my fists against you to destroy you. I am tired of always giving you another chance. I will sift you at the gates of your cities and take from you all that you hold dear, and I will destroy my own people because they refuse to turn back to me from all their evil ways. There shall be countless widows; at noontime I will bring death to the young men and sorrow to their mothers. I will cause anguish and terror to fall upon them suddenly.

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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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