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\v 9 They ridicule Yahweh and say, "Who does he think that he is teaching? \v 9 Who will he teach so that they can learn about knowledge?
\q2 Why is he talking to us like this? \q2 Who will listen to him so that he can teach lessons to them so they can learn?
\q1 Does he think that we are little children \q1 Does he think that we are like little children who no longer drink milk,
\q2 who have recently been weaned? \q2 and that we are like babies who, not long ago, were weaned?
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\v 10 He continually tells us, 'Do this, do that;' \v 10 He continually tells us, 'Do this, do that;'
\q2 first he tells us one rule, then another rule, \q2 first he tells us one rule, then another rule,
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\q2 you who mock and make fun of me! \q2 you who mock and make fun of me!
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\v 15 You boast and say, \v 15 You boast and say,
\q1 "We made a bargain with death to ensure that the power of death may not touch us, \q1 "We made a promise with death to ensure that the power of death, when it passes over us, it cannot get to us.
\q2 and to be sure of our bargain, we also made an agreement with the powers that control the place where the spirits of the dead dwell. \q2 We tried to turn our lying words into a shelter in which we could hide.
\q1 When the powerful armies comes to punish us for our sins,
\q2 they will not touch us, and they will not punish us,
\q2 because we trust in the lies we have told, and those lies make us safe;
\q2 and our deceitful words will protect us because we put our trust in them.
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\v 17 I will test you people of Jerusalem to find out if you will act justly and righteously \v 17 I will test you people of Jerusalem to find out if you will act justly and righteously,
\q2 like someone uses a plumb line to determine if a wall is straight and level. \q2 I will measure your character like a carpenter uses a plumb line to determine if a wall is straight and level.
\q1 But because your agreement with Egypt to protect you was made by leaders lying to each other and deceiving each other, \q1 And then the hail will fall! And it will destroy everything you have.
\q2 you will be defeated and taken away from your country \q2 Your shelter will be destroyed because it is built on a foundation of lies,
\q2 by an army that will come against you like a flood. \q2 and the water from the storm will wash your shelter away.
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\v 18 I will cancel the covenant that you made with death, \v 18 I will cancel the covenant that you made with death,
\q2 and I will bring to an end the covenant you made with the place where the dead dwell. \q2 and I will bring to an end the covenant you made with the place where the dead dwell.
\q1 But when the vast army of Assyria comes like a flood, it will pour over you; \q1 But when the vast flood comes, it will pour over you;
\q2 they will defeat you and crush your army, \q2 and day after day it will pass over you.
\q2 with their great numbers and mighty power they will trample over you and beat you into the dirt.
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\v 19 Their soldiers will come during the morning, at noontime, and at night, \v 19 When the flood comes, it will pass through and over you like the river when it overflows its banks and causes flooding everywhere.
\q2 and they will carry you all away." \q1 When you finally understand the message of Yahweh, it will cause you to be terrified, not comforted.
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\q1 And when you understand this message,
\q2 you will be terrified.
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