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Their widows are increased more than the sand of the seas.
    I have brought on them against the mother of the young men a destroyer at noonday.
    I have caused anguish and terrors to fall on her suddenly.
She who has borne seven languishes.
    She has given up the spirit.
Her sun has gone down while it was yet day.
    She has been disappointed and confounded.
    I will deliver their residue to the sword before their enemies,” says Yahweh.

10 Woe is me, my mother, that you have borne me, a man of strife,
    and a man of contention to the whole earth!
I have not lent, neither have men lent to me;
    yet every one of them curses me.

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I will make their widows(A) more numerous
    than the sand of the sea.
At midday I will bring a destroyer(B)
    against the mothers of their young men;
suddenly I will bring down on them
    anguish and terror.(C)
The mother of seven will grow faint(D)
    and breathe her last.(E)
Her sun will set while it is still day;
    she will be disgraced(F) and humiliated.
I will put the survivors to the sword(G)
    before their enemies,”(H)
declares the Lord.

10 Alas, my mother, that you gave me birth,(I)
    a man with whom the whole land strives and contends!(J)
I have neither lent(K) nor borrowed,
    yet everyone curses(L) me.

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