24 We have heard the report of it;
    (A)our hands fall helpless;
anguish has taken hold of us,
    (B)pain as of a woman in labor.
25 Go not out into the field,
    nor walk on the road,
for the enemy has a sword;
    (C)terror is on every side.
26 O daughter of my people, (D)put on sackcloth,
    and (E)roll in ashes;
(F)make mourning as for an only son,
    most bitter lamentation,
for suddenly the destroyer
    will come upon us.

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