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10 The enemy reached out and took
    all her precious things.
She even saw foreigners
    enter her Temple.
The Lord had commanded foreigners
    never to enter the meeting place of his people.

11 All of Jerusalem’s people groan,
    looking for bread.
They are trading their precious things for food
    so they can stay alive.
The city says, “Look, Lord, and see.
    I am hated.”

12 Jerusalem says, “You who pass by on the road don’t seem to care.
    Come, look at me and see:
Is there any pain like mine?
    Is there any pain like that he has caused me?
The Lord has punished me
    on the day of his great anger.

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10 The enemy laid hands
    on all her treasures;(A)
she saw pagan nations
    enter her sanctuary(B)
those you had forbidden(C)
    to enter your assembly.

11 All her people groan(D)
    as they search for bread;(E)
they barter their treasures for food
    to keep themselves alive.
“Look, Lord, and consider,
    for I am despised.”

12 “Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by?(F)
    Look around and see.
Is any suffering like my suffering(G)
    that was inflicted on me,
that the Lord brought on me
    in the day of his fierce anger?(H)

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