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18 If I go out into the field,
    I see those slain with the sword!
And if I enter the city,
    I see those who are sick with famine!
Indeed, both the prophet and the priest
    go about into a land that they do not know.

The People Ask for Mercy

19 Have You utterly rejected Judah?
    Has Your soul loathed Zion?
Why have You stricken us
    so that there is no healing for us?
We looked for peace,
    but there was nothing good;
and for the time of healing,
    but there is trouble!
20 We acknowledge, O Lord, our wickedness
    and the iniquity of our fathers,
    for we have sinned against You.

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18 If I go into the country,
    I see those slain by the sword;
if I go into the city,
    I see the ravages of famine.(A)
Both prophet and priest
    have gone to a land they know not.(B)’”

19 Have you rejected Judah completely?(C)
    Do you despise Zion?
Why have you afflicted us
    so that we cannot be healed?(D)
We hoped for peace
    but no good has come,
for a time of healing
    but there is only terror.(E)
20 We acknowledge(F) our wickedness, Lord,
    and the guilt of our ancestors;(G)
    we have indeed sinned(H) against you.

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