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As a well keeps its water fresh,
    so she keeps fresh her wickedness;
violence and destruction are heard within her;
    sickness and wounds are ever before me.
Take warning, O Jerusalem,
    or I shall turn from you in disgust,
and make you a desolation,
    an uninhabited land.

Thus says the Lord of hosts:
Glean[a] thoroughly as a vine
    the remnant of Israel;
like a grape-gatherer, pass your hand again
    over its branches.

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  1. Jeremiah 6:9 Cn: Heb They shall glean

As a well pours out its water,
    so she pours out her wickedness.
Violence(A) and destruction(B) resound in her;
    her sickness and wounds are ever before me.
Take warning, Jerusalem,
    or I will turn away(C) from you
and make your land desolate
    so no one can live in it.”

This is what the Lord Almighty says:

“Let them glean the remnant(D) of Israel
    as thoroughly as a vine;
pass your hand over the branches again,
    like one gathering grapes.”

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