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I will stand at the city gates of the land.
    I will separate the straw from the grain.
I will destroy my people. I will bring great sorrow on them.
    They have not changed their ways.
I will increase the number of their widows.
    There will be more of them than the grains of sand on the seashore.
At noon I will bring a destroyer
    against the mothers of the young men among my people.
All at once I will bring down on them
    great suffering and terror.
Mothers who have many children will grow weak.
    They will take their last breath.
The sun will set on them while it is still day.
    They will be dishonored and put to shame.
All those who are left alive I will kill by swords.
    I will have their enemies do this,”
    announces the Lord.

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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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