26 My dear[a] people, dress yourselves in sackcloth
and roll in the dust.(A)
Mourn as you would for an only son,(B)
a bitter lament,
for suddenly the destroyer(C) will come on us.(D)

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  1. 6:26 Lit Daughter of my

26 Put on sackcloth,(A) my people,
    and roll in ashes;(B)
mourn with bitter wailing(C)
    as for an only son,(D)
for suddenly the destroyer(E)
    will come upon us.

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10 I will turn your feasts into mourning(A)
and all your songs into lamentation;(B)
I will cause everyone[a] to wear sackcloth(C)
and every head to be shaved.(D)
I will make that grief
like mourning for an only son(E)
and its outcome like a bitter day.

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  1. 8:10 Lit every waist

10 I will turn your religious festivals(A) into mourning
    and all your singing into weeping.(B)
I will make all of you wear sackcloth(C)
    and shave(D) your heads.
I will make that time like mourning for an only son(E)
    and the end of it like a bitter day.(F)

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