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\v 1 Finally, Job spoke, and he cursed the day that he was born.
\v 2 He said,
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\q2 I wish that God who is in heaven would forget about that day,
\q2 and that the sun would not have shone on it.
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\v 5 I wish that thick darkness would have filled that day,
\q1 and that death would have come over it like a shadow
\q2 and blotted out all light,

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\v 1 How fortunate are those who do not do what the wicked people advise them to do,
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\q2 just as fruit trees that have been planted along the banks of a stream produce fruit at the right time every year.
\q1 Like trees that never wither,
\q2 they succeed in everything that they do.
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\v 1 Why do the leaders of nations rage against Yahweh?
\q2 Why do people plan to rebel against him, even though it is in vain?
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\v 3 They shout, "We should free ourselves from their control;
\q2 we should not let them rule over us any longer!"
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\v 9 You will strike them down with an iron rod;
\q2 like the potter crashes his pot into pieces when he throws it on the ground,
\q2 that is how you will break them up into small pieces.
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\d A psalm written by David for the choir director, to be sung using the tune 'The death of my son'
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\v 1 Yahweh, why do you keep yourself far away from us?
\q2 Why do you not pay attention when we have troubles?

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\v 1 Yahweh, listen to me while I plead with you to act justly toward me.
\q2 Hear me while I call out to you to help me.

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\d A psalm written by David for the dedication of the temple
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\d A psalm written by David, which will help people to be wise
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\v 1 You righteous people should shout joyfully to Yahweh
\q2 because that is what he deserves.

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\d A psalm written by David when he pretended to be insane in front of King Abimelech so that the king would send him away
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\d A psalm written for the choir director by David, a man who served God faithfully
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\d A psalm written by David, asking God not to forget him
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\d A psalm written by David for Jeduthun, the choir director
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\ms Book Two
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\v 1 God, declare that I am innocent.
\q1 Defend me when people say things against me—those people who do not honor you!

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\d A love song written by one of the descendants of Korah for the choir director, to be sung to the tune "Lilies."
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\d A psalm written by Asaph
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\d A psalm written by David for the choir director, concerning the time when the prophet Nathan rebuked David after he had committed adultery with Bathsheba.
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\d A psalm written by David for the choir director when Doeg went to Saul and said, "David has gone to talk with Ahimelech, the high priest."
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\d A psalm written by David for the choir director, to be sung using a tune called "Mahalath."
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\d A psalm written by David for the choir director, to be accompanied by stringed instruments; it was written when the people of Ziph went to Saul and told him that David was hiding in their area.
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\d A psalm written by David for the choir director, concerning the time the Philistines seized David in Gath; to be sung using the tune "Dove on distant oaks."
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\d A psalm written by David for the choir director, when David went into a cave to escape from Saul; to be sung using the tune "Do not destroy."
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\d A psalm written by David for the choir director, to be sung using the tune "Do not destroy."
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\d A psalm written by David for the choir director, when Saul, wanting to kill David, sent men to watch David's house.
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\d A psalm written by David for the choir director, a psalm for teaching, to be sung using the tune "Lily of the promise." David wrote it during the wars in northern Syria, and when Joab's army, after returning from the battle, killed twelve thousand of the Edom people group in Salt Valley.
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\v 7 Yahweh replied, "Do not say that you are too young, because you must go to everyone to whom I will send you, and you must tell them everything that I tell you to say.
\v 8 And you must not be afraid of the people to whom you will speak, because I will protect you from being harmed by them. This will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it!"
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\v 1 Jerusalem was once full of people,

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\v 1 The Lord was extremely angry with us;
\q2 it was as though he covered Jerusalem with a dark cloud.

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\v 1 I, the one who am writing this, am a man whom Yahweh made to suffer,
\q2 because he was angry.

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\v 1 Previously our people were like pure gold,
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\v 1 Yahweh, think about what has happened to us.
\q2 See how no one respects us any longer.

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\v 24 Then he brought me through the south gateway into the inner courtyard, and he measured the entrance. It measured the same as the other gateways. Its alcoves, its walls between the alcoves, and its entry room measured the same as the ones on the other sides.
\v 25 The gateway and its portico had narrow windows along the walls, as on the other sides. The gateway and its portico measured twenty-five meters long and thirteen and one-half wide.
\v 25 The gateway and its portico had narrow windows along the walls, as on the other sides. The gateway and its portico measured twenty-five meters long and thirteen and one-half wide.
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\v 26 There were seven steps leading up to that gate and its portico. It also had carvings of palm trees on the walls that were between the rooms.
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\v 35 Then he led me to the entrance on the north side and measured it. It measured the same as the other entrances.
\v 36 And its alcoves and walls between them and the entry room all had small windows in the walls. It all measured the same as the other gates. The gate and its portico measured twenty-seven meters long and thirteen and one-half meters wide.
\v 36 And its alcoves and walls between them and the entry room all had small windows in the walls. It all measured the same as the other gates. The gate and its portico measured twenty-seven meters long and thirteen and one-half meters wide.
\v 37 Its portico faced the outer courtyard. It also had carvings of palm trees decorating the walls, and it had eight steps leading up to it.
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\v 1 Call your male fellow Israelites, 'You are Yahweh's people,' and call your female fellow Israelites, 'Yahweh has been kind to you.'"
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\v 2 Yahweh said to me, "I want you to accuse Israel, who is like a mother to you, of being like an unfaithful wife to me.
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\v 7 The more numerous you priests become,
\q2 the more you do the things that I have forbidden.
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\q1 You have abandoned me in order to become shameful.
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\q2 But now I will put Ephraim under that yoke,
\q1 and Judah must plow.
\q2 and Jacob must break up the ground with the harrow.
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\v 1 I am Nahum, from the village of Elkosh. This is a message about the city of Nineveh, a message that Yahweh gave me in a vision.
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\v 2 Yahweh our God tolerates no rival gods to himself.
He is very angry with those who worship other gods,
and he continues to be angry with his enemies.
\q2 He is very angry with those who worship other gods,
\q2 and he continues to be angry with his enemies.
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\v 3 Yahweh does not quickly become angry;
but he is very powerful,
and he will never say that his enemies are innocent.
Wherever he walks, there are whirlwinds and storms,
and clouds are like the dust stirred up by his feet.
\q2 but he is very powerful,
\q2 and he will never say that his enemies are innocent.
\q2 Wherever he walks, there are whirlwinds and storms,
\q2 and clouds are like the dust stirred up by his feet.
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\v 4 When he commands oceans and rivers to become dry,
they dry up.
He causes the grass to wither in the fields in the region of Bashan and on the slopes of Mount Carmel,
and causes the flowers in Lebanon to fade.
\v 4 When he commands oceans and rivers to become dry, they dry up.
\q2 He causes the grass to wither
\q2 in the fields in the region of Bashan and on the slopes of Mount Carmel,
\q2 and he causes the flowers in Lebanon to fade.
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\v 5 When he appears, it is as though the mountains shake and the hills melt;
the earth quakes, and the people on the earth tremble.
\q2 the earth quakes, and the people on the earth tremble.
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\v 6 There is no one who can resist him when he becomes extremely angry;
there is no one who can survive when his anger is very hot.
When he is very angry, it is as though his anger is like a blazing fire,
and it is as though mountains are shattered into pieces.
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\q2 there is no one who can survive when his anger is very hot.
q2 When he is very angry, it is as though his anger is like a blazing fire,
q2 and it is as though mountains are shattered into pieces.
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\v 7 But he is good;
he protects us, his people, when we experience troubles.
He takes care of those who trust in him.
\q2 he protects us, his people, when we experience troubles.
\q2 He takes care of those who trust in him.
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\v 8 But he will get rid of his enemies;
he will be to them like a flood that destroys everything.
He will chase his enemies
into the darkness of the place where the dead are.
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\q2 he will be to them like a flood that destroys everything.
\q2 He will chase his enemies
\q2 into the darkness of the place where the dead are.
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\v 9 So it is useless for you people of Nineveh to plot against Yahweh.
He will not need to strike you two times to destroy you;
he will destroy you by striking you only once.
\q2 He will not need to strike you two times to destroy you;
\q2 he will destroy you by striking you only once.
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\v 10 It will be as though his enemies are tangled in thorns
and they will stagger like people who have drunk a lot of wine.
It will be as though they will be burned up like dry stubble.
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\q2 and they will stagger like people who have drunk a lot of wine.
\q2 It will be as though they will be burned up like dry stubble.
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\v 11 In Nineveh there was a man who advised people to do very wicked things against Yahweh.
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\v 12 But this is what Yahweh says to you Israelites:
\pi "Although the people of Assyria have very many people and their army is very powerful,
they will be destroyed and will disappear.
I say to my people in Judah,
I have already punished you,
but I will not punish you again.
\q1 "Although the people of Assyria have very many people
\q2 and their army is very powerful,
\q2 they will be destroyed and they will disappear.
\q1 I say to my people in Judah,
\q2 I have already punished you,
\q2 but I will not punish you again.
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\v 13 Now I will cause the people of Assyria to no longer enslave you;
it will be as though I will tear off the shackles on your hands and feet."
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\v 14 And this is what Yahweh also declares about you people of Nineveh:
\pi "You will not have any descendants who will continue to have your family names.
And I will destroy all the statues of your gods
that were carved or formed in molds.
I will cause you to be killed and sent to your graves,
\q1 "You will not have any descendants who will continue to have your family names.
\q2 And I will destroy all the statues of your gods
\q2 that were carved or formed in molds.
\q1 I will cause you to be killed and sent to your graves,
because you are vile!"
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\v 15 You people of Judah. Look! A messenger will come across the mountains,
and he will bring good news to you.
He will declare that you will now have peace.
So celebrate your festivals,
and do what you solemnly promised to do when your enemies were threatening to attack you,
because your wicked enemies will not invade your country again,
because they will be completely destroyed.
\q2 and he will bring good news to you.
\q1 He will declare that you will now have peace.
\q2 So celebrate your festivals, and do what you solemnly promised
\q2 to do when your enemies were threatening to attack you,
\q1 because your wicked enemies will not invade your country again,
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\v 1 You people of Nineveh, your enemies are coming to attack you. So place guards on the tops of the walls around the city! Guard the roads into the city! Get ready to fight! Gather your troops together!
\v 2 Even though your soldiers have destroyed the descendants of Jacob, Yahweh will cause other nations to honor them again. Invaders from your country have ruined Israel as enemies would uproot a vineyard, but Israel will prosper again.
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\v 3 The shields of the enemy soldiers who are coming to attack you will shine red as the sun shines on them,
and they will wear bright red uniforms.
The metal of their chariot wheels will flash when they line up before the battle,
and their soldiers will lift up their cypress spear and wave them.
\q2 and they will wear bright red uniforms.
\q2 The metal of their chariot wheels will flash when they line up before the battle,
\q2 and their soldiers will lift up their cypress spear and wave them.
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\v 4 Their chariots dash through the streets of Nineveh
and rush furiously through the plazas.
Going as quickly as lightning,
they look like flaming torches.
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\q2 Going as quickly as lightning,
\2 they look like flaming torches.
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\v 5 Their king will summon his officers
who will come so quickly that they will stumble.
They will hurry to attack the city wall;
they will get ready the large wooden shield to protect the attacking soldiers.
\q2 who will come so quickly that they will stumble.
\q2 They will hurry to attack the city wall;
\q2 they will get ready the large wooden shield to protect the attacking soldiers.
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\v 6 The enemy soldiers will force open the city gates on the rivers;
the palace will collapse.
\q2 the palace will collapse.
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\v 7 The queen will have her clothes stripped off her by enemy soldiers,
and her slave girls will moan like doves
and beat their breasts to show that they are very sad.
q2 and her slave girls will moan like doves
\q2 and beat their breasts to show that they are very sad.
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\v 8 The people will rush from Nineveh
like water rushes from a broken dam.
The officials will shout, "Stop! Stop!"
but the people will not even look back as they run away.
\q2 like water rushes from a broken dam.
\q2 The officials will shout, "Stop! Stop!"
\q2 but the people will not even look back as they run away.
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\v 9 The enemy attackers say to each other,
\pi "Seize the silver!
Grab the gold!
There is a huge amount of very valuable things in the city,
more valuable things than anyone can count!"
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\q2 "Seize the silver!
\q2 Grab the gold!
\q1 There is a huge amount of very valuable things in the city,
\q2 more valuable things than anyone can count!"
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\v 10 Soon everything valuable in the city will be seized or ruined.
People will be trembling, with the result that they will not be able to fight.
Their faces will all become pale with fear.
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\v 11 After that happens, people will say,
\pi "What happened to that great city of Nineveh?
It was like a den full of young lions,
where the male and female lions lived and fed the young ones, where they were afraid of nothing
\q2 "What happened to that great city of Nineveh?
\q2 It was like a den full of young lions,
\q2 where the male and female lions lived and fed the young ones, where they were afraid of nothing.
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\v 12 The soldiers in Nineveh were like lions that killed or strangled other animals
and brought the meat to their dens."
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\v 13 Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, says to the people of Nineveh,
\pi "I am your enemy;
I will cause your chariots to burn in fire and go up in smoke.
Your young men will be killed with swords.
I will make all the valuable things you stole from other nations disappear.
Your messengers will never again take messages to other nations, demanding that their armies surrender to them."
\q2 "I am your enemy;
\q2 I will cause your chariots to burn in fire and go up in smoke.
\q2 Your young men will be killed with swords.
\q2 I will make all the valuable things you stole from other nations disappear.
\q2 Your messengers will never again take messages to other nations, demanding that
\q2 their armies surrender to them."

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\v 1 Terrible things will happen to Nineveh, that city that is full of people who murder, steal and lie. The city is full of people who the soldiers carried away from other countries.
\v 2 But now listen to the enemy soldiers coming to attack Nineveh; listen to them cracking their whips, and listen to the rattle of their chariot wheels! Listen to their galloping horses and their chariots as they bounce along!
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\v 3 Look at their flashing swords and glittering spears as the horsemen race forward! Many people of Nineveh will be killed; there will be piles of corpses, so many that the attackers will stumble over them.
\v 4 All that will happen because Nineveh is like a beautiful prostitute
who lures men to where they will be ruined;
Nineveh is a beautiful city
that has attracted people of other nations to come there.
The people of Nineveh taught those people of other nations rituals of magic,
and caused them to become their slaves.
\q2 who lures men to where they will be ruined;
\q2 Nineveh is a beautiful city
\q2 that has attracted people of other nations to come there.
\q2 The people of Nineveh taught those people of other nations rituals of magic,
\q2 and caused them to become their slaves.
\q1
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\v 5 So Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, says to the people of Nineveh:
\pi "I am your enemy,
and I will cause the people in other nations to see you completely humiliated
like women who have committed adultery are humiliated by having their skirts lifted high,
with the result that people can see their naked bodies.
\q2 "I am your enemy, and I will cause the people
\q2 in other nations to see you completely humiliated;
\q2 like women who have committed adultery are humiliated
\q2 by having their skirts lifted high,
\q2 with the result that people can see their naked bodies.
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\v 6 I will cause others to throw garbage at you;
I will show others that I despise you very much,
and I will cause everyone to ridicule you in public.
\q2 I will show others that I despise you very much,
\q2 and I will cause everyone to ridicule you in public.
\q1
\v 7 All those who see you will turn their backs to you and say,
'Nineveh is ruined,
but absolutely no one will mourn for it.'
Nineveh, no one will want to comfort you."
\q2 'Nineveh is ruined,
\q2 but absolutely no one will mourn for it.'
\q2 Nineveh, no one will want to comfort you."
\q1
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\v 8 Your city is certainly no safer than the city of Thebes was.
Thebes was an important city beside the Nile River;
the river was like a wall around her.
\q2 Thebes was an important city beside the Nile River;
\q2 the river was like a wall around her.
\q1
\v 9 The rulers of Ethiopia and Egypt helped Thebes;
there was no limit to their power.
The governments of the nearby countries of Put and Libya were also allies of Thebes.
there was no limit to their power.
\q2 The governments of the nearby countries of Put and Libya
\q2 were also allies of Thebes.
\q1
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\v 10 Nevertheless, Thebes was captured,
and its people were exiled.
Their babies were dashed to pieces in the streets of the city.
Enemy soldiers cast lots to decide who would get each official in Thebes to become his slave.
All the leaders of Thebes were fastened by chains.
\q2 and its people were exiled.
\q2 Their babies were dashed to pieces in the streets of the city.
\q2 Enemy soldiers cast lots to decide who would get
\q2 each official in Thebes to become his slave.
\q2 All the leaders of Thebes were fastened by chains.
\q1
\v 11 You people of Nineveh will similarly become dazed and drunk,
and you will search for places to hide
to escape from your enemies.
\b
\q2 and you will search for places to hide
\q2 to escape from your enemies.
\q1
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\v 12 Your enemies will cause the walls around your city to fall down
like the first figs that fall right into your mouths when you shake the tree.
This is how easily your city will be captured.
\q2 like the first figs that fall right into your mouths when you shake the tree.
\q2 This is how easily your city will be captured.
\q1
\v 13 Look at your soldiers!
They will be like weak women!
The gates of your city will be opened wide
to allow your enemies to enter them,
and then the bars of those gates will be burned.
\b
\q2 They will be like weak women!
\q2 The gates of your city will be opened wide
\q2 to allow your enemies to enter them,
\q2 and then the bars of those gates will be burned.
\q1
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\v 14 Store up water now to use when your enemies surround the city!
Repair the forts!
Dig up clay and trample it to make it soft,
and put it into molds to make bricks to repair the walls!
\q2 Repair the forts!
\q2 Dig up clay and trample it to make it soft,
\q2 and put it into molds to make bricks to repair the walls!
\q1
\v 15 Nevertheless, your enemies will burn your city;
they will kill you with their swords;
they will kill you as locusts destroy crops.
\p
Go ahead and increase your population like swarms of locusts and grasshoppers.
\q2 they will kill you with their swords;
\q2 they will kill you as locusts destroy crops.
\q1 Go ahead and increase your population like swarms of locusts and grasshoppers.
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\v 16 In your city there are now very many merchants;
more than stars.
But when your city is being destroyed, those merchants will take the valuable things and disappear
like locusts that strip the leaves from plants and then fly away.
\q2 more than stars.
\q2 But when your city is being destroyed,
\q2 those merchants will take the valuable things and disappear
\q2 like locusts that strip the leaves from plants and then fly away.
\q1
\v 17 Your leaders are also like a swarm of locusts
that crowd together on the fences on a cold day,
and then fly away when the sun comes up,
and no one knows where they have gone.
\b
\q2 that crowd together on the fences on a cold day,
\q2 and then fly away when the sun comes up,
\q2 and no one knows where they have gone.
\q1
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\v 18 King of Assyria, your officials will all die;
your important people will lie down and rest forever.
Your people will be scattered over the mountains,
and there will no one to gather them together.
\q2 your important people will lie down and rest forever.
\q2 Your people will be scattered over the mountains,
\q2 and there will no one to gather them together.
\v 19 You are like someone who has a wound that cannot be healed;
it will be a wound that causes him to die.
And all those who hear about what has happened to you will clap their hands joyfully.
They will say, "Everyone has suffered because he continually acted very cruelly toward us."
\q2 it will be a wound that causes him to die.
q2 And all those who hear about what has happened to you will clap their hands joyfully.
q2 They will say, "Everyone has suffered because he continually acted very cruelly
\q2 toward us."