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In every town in the land
    I threw you to the wind like straw.
I destroyed you, my people,
    I killed your children
    because you did not stop your evil ways.
There are more widows in your land
    than grains of sand by the sea.
I killed your young men in their prime
    and made their mothers suffer.
I suddenly struck them
    with anguish and terror.
The mother who lost her seven children has fainted,
    gasping for breath.
Her daylight has turned to darkness;
    she is disgraced and sick at heart.
I will let your enemies kill
    those of you who are still alive.
I, the Lord, have spoken.”

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I will winnow(A) them with a winnowing fork
    at the city gates of the land.
I will bring bereavement(B) and destruction on my people,(C)
    for they have not changed their ways.(D)
I will make their widows(E) more numerous
    than the sand of the sea.
At midday I will bring a destroyer(F)
    against the mothers of their young men;
suddenly I will bring down on them
    anguish and terror.(G)
The mother of seven will grow faint(H)
    and breathe her last.(I)
Her sun will set while it is still day;
    she will be disgraced(J) and humiliated.
I will put the survivors to the sword(K)
    before their enemies,”(L)
declares the Lord.

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