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19 lines
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# House of David
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"Descendants of David". All of the kings of Judah were descendants of David. The ULB sets (21:12-14) poetry farther to the right to show that it is poetry.
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# Bring about justice in the morning
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"Always treat the people whom you rule over fairly"
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# the hand of the oppressor
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"the power of the one who oppresses them"
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# my fury will go out like fire and burn
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"I will punish and destroy you in my anger quickly and completely". Yahweh's punishment is spoken of as if it was a fire that would burn up those who did evil.
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# the wickedness of your practices
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"the evil things you do" or "how evil what you do is." See Jeremiah 4:4. |