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My eyes bring pain to my soul Because of all the daughters of my city.

The tongue of the infant cleaves To the roof of its mouth because of thirst; The little ones ask for bread, But no one breaks it for them.

The hands of compassionate women Boiled their own children; They became food for them Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.

Because of the sins of her prophets And the iniquities of her priests, Who have shed in her midst The blood of the righteous;

We get our bread at the risk of our lives Because of the sword in the wilderness.

Our skin has become as hot as an oven, Because of the burning heat of famine.

Because of this our heart is faint, Because of these things our eyes are dim;

Because of Mount Zion which lies desolate, Foxes prowl in it.

"However, if you have warned the righteous man that the righteous should not sin and he does not sin, he shall surely live because he took warning; and you have delivered yourself."

because bread and water will be scarce; and they will be appalled with one another and waste away in their iniquity.

"Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD, 'Because you have more turmoil than the nations which surround you and have not walked in My statutes, nor observed My ordinances, nor observed the ordinances of the nations which surround you,'

'And because of all your abominations, I will do among you what I have not done, and the like of which I will never do again.

'So as I live,' declares the Lord GOD, 'surely, because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable idols and with all your abominations, therefore I will also withdraw, and My eye will have no pity and I will not spare.

"Thus says the Lord GOD, 'Clap your hand, stamp your foot and say, "Alas, because of all the evil abominations of the house of Israel, which will fall by sword, famine and plague!

"Then say to the people of the land, 'Thus says the Lord GOD concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem in the land of Israel, "They will eat their bread with anxiety and drink their water with horror, because their land will be stripped of its fullness on account of the violence of all who live in it.

Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD, "Because you have spoken falsehood and seen a lie, therefore behold, I am against you," declares the Lord GOD.

"It is definitely because they have misled My people by saying, 'Peace!' when there is no peace. And when anyone builds a wall, behold, they plaster it over with whitewash;

"Because you disheartened the righteous with falsehood when I did not cause him grief, but have encouraged the wicked not to turn from his wicked way and preserve his life,

"If I were to cause wild beasts to pass through the land and they depopulated it, and it became desolate so that no one would pass through it because of the beasts,

'Thus I will make the land desolate, because they have acted unfaithfully,'" declares the Lord GOD.