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16 (15) I will scatter them also among the Goyim, whom neither they nor their avot have known; and I will send a cherev after them, till I have consumed them.

17 (16) Thus saith Hashem Tzva’os, Consider ye, and call for the wailing women, that they may come; and send for the chachamot (wise women), that they may come;

18 (17) And let them make haste, and take up a nehi (lamentation) for us, that our eyes may run down with dimah (tears), and our eyelids gush out with mayim.

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16 I will scatter them among nations(A) that neither they nor their ancestors have known,(B) and I will pursue them with the sword(C) until I have made an end of them.”(D)

17 This is what the Lord Almighty says:

“Consider now! Call for the wailing women(E) to come;
    send for the most skillful of them.
18 Let them come quickly
    and wail over us
till our eyes overflow with tears
    and water streams from our eyelids.(F)

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