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Why do you want more beatings?
Why do you keep on rebelling?
The whole head is hurt,
and the whole heart is sick.
From the sole of the foot even to the head,(A)
no spot is uninjured(B)
wounds, welts, and festering sores
not cleansed, bandaged,
or soothed with oil.

Your land is desolate,
your cities burned down;(C)
foreigners devour your fields
right in front of you –
a desolation, like a place demolished by foreigners.

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