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For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith Jehovah, and behold, I will deliver men, every one into his neighbour's hand, and into the hand of his king; and they shall smite the land, and I will not deliver out of their hand.

So I fed the flock of slaughter, truly the poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock.

And I destroyed three shepherds in one month; and my soul was vexed with them, and their soul also loathed me.

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For I will no longer have pity on the people of the land,” declares the Lord. “I will give everyone into the hands of their neighbors(A) and their king. They will devastate the land, and I will not rescue anyone from their hands.”(B)

So I shepherded the flock marked for slaughter,(C) particularly the oppressed of the flock. Then I took two staffs and called one Favor and the other Union, and I shepherded the flock. In one month I got rid of the three shepherds.

The flock detested(D) me, and I grew weary of them

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