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¹ And great destruction. ² To a lovely and delicate woman. ³ Each one shall pasture in his own place.” ⁴ For the shadows of the evening are lengthening. ⁵ And let us destroy her palaces.” ⁶ She is full of oppression in her midst. ⁷ Before Me continually are grief and wounds. ⁸ A land not inhabited.” ⁹ As a grape-gatherer, put your hand back into the branches.” ¹⁰ They have no delight in it. ¹¹ The aged with him who is full of days. ¹² Against the inhabitants of the land,” says the Lord. ¹³ Everyone deals falsely. ¹⁴ When there is no peace. ¹⁵ They shall be cast down,” says the Lord. ¹⁶ But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’ ¹⁷ But they said, ‘We will not listen.’ ¹⁸ And know, O congregation, what is among them. ¹⁹ Nor My law, but rejected it. ²⁰ Nor your sacrifices sweet to Me.” ²¹ The neighbor and his friend shall perish.” ²² And a great nation will be raised from the farthest parts of the earth. ²³ As men of war set in array against you, O daughter of Zion.” ²⁴ Pain as of a woman in labor. ²⁵ Fear is on every side. ²⁶ For the plunderer will suddenly come upon us. ²⁷ That you may know and test their way. ²⁸ They are all corrupters; ²⁹ For the wicked are not drawn off. ³⁰ Because the Lord has rejected them.”