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What will you do on the day of the appointed solemn assembly or festival and on the day of the feast of the Lord [when you are in exile]?

For behold, they are gone away from devastation and destruction; Egypt shall gather them in; Memphis shall bury them. Their precious things of silver shall be in the possession of nettles; thorns shall be [growing] in their tents.

The days of visitation and punishment have come; the days of recompense have come; Israel shall know it. The prophet is [considered] a crazed fool and the man who is inspired is [treated as if] mad or a fanatic, because of the abundance of your iniquity and because the enmity, hostility, and persecution are great.(A)

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What will you do(A) on the day of your appointed festivals,(B)
    on the feast days of the Lord?
Even if they escape from destruction,
    Egypt will gather them,(C)
    and Memphis(D) will bury them.(E)
Their treasures of silver(F) will be taken over by briers,
    and thorns(G) will overrun their tents.
The days of punishment(H) are coming,
    the days of reckoning(I) are at hand.
    Let Israel know this.
Because your sins(J) are so many
    and your hostility so great,
the prophet is considered a fool,(K)
    the inspired person a maniac.(L)

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