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# We have heard
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The word "We" probably refers to Jeremiah and the people of Judah.
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# our hands fall limp in distress
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"our hands are weak because we are anxious"
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# Anguish seizes us
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"We feel terrible anguish"
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# as a woman giving birth
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"like a woman who is about to give birth" |