26 Daughter of my people, (A)put on sackcloth
And (B)roll in ashes;
[a](C)Mourn as for an only son,
A most bitter mourning.
For suddenly the destroyer
Will come against us.

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  1. Jeremiah 6:26 Lit Make for yourself mourning

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 Then I will (A)turn your festivals into mourning,
And all your songs into songs of mourning;
And I will put (B)sackcloth around everyone’s waist,
And [a]baldness on every head.
And I will make it (C)like a time of mourning for an only son,
And the end of it will be like a bitter day.

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  1. Amos 8:10 I.e., shaved as a sign of mourning

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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