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24 ‘We have heard news of them,
    our hands fall helpless;
anguish has taken hold of us,
    pain as of a woman in labour.
25 Do not go out into the field,
    or walk on the road;
for the enemy has a sword,
    terror is on every side.’

26 O my poor people, put on sackcloth,
    and roll in ashes;
make mourning as for an only child,
    most bitter lamentation:
for suddenly the destroyer
    will come upon us.

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24 We have heard reports about them,
    and our hands hang limp.(A)
Anguish(B) has gripped us,
    pain like that of a woman in labor.(C)
25 Do not go out to the fields
    or walk on the roads,
for the enemy has a sword,
    and there is terror on every side.(D)
26 Put on sackcloth,(E) my people,
    and roll in ashes;(F)
mourn with bitter wailing(G)
    as for an only son,(H)
for suddenly the destroyer(I)
    will come upon us.

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