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Therefore thus says the Lord God:

Woe to the bloody city!
    I will even make the pile great.(A)

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“‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“‘Woe to the city of bloodshed!
    I, too, will pile the wood high.

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You shall say: Thus says the Lord God: A city! Shedding blood within itself; its time has come; making its idols, defiling itself.

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and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: You city that brings on herself doom by shedding blood(A) in her midst and defiles herself by making idols,

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and cast lots for my people and traded boys for prostitutes and sold girls for wine and drunk it down.(A)

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They cast lots(A) for my people
    and traded boys for prostitutes;
    they sold girls for wine(B) to drink.

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The faithful have disappeared from the land,
    and there is no one left who is upright;
they all lie in wait for blood,
    and they hunt each other with nets.(A)

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The faithful have been swept from the land;(A)
    not one(B) upright person remains.
Everyone lies in wait(C) to shed blood;(D)
    they hunt each other(E) with nets.(F)

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10 Yet she became an exile;
    she went into captivity;
even her infants were dashed in pieces
    at the head of every street;
lots were cast for her nobles;
    all her dignitaries were bound in fetters.(A)

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10 Yet she was taken captive(A)
    and went into exile.
Her infants were dashed(B) to pieces
    at every street corner.
Lots(C) were cast for her nobles,
    and all her great men were put in chains.(D)

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