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\c 31
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\q1
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\v 1 Terrible things will happen to those who rely on Egypt to help them,
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\q2 trusting in their soldiers' horses and their many chariots and their many chariot drivers,
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\q1 instead of trusting that Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, will help them.
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\q1
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\v 2 Yahweh is very wise,
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\q2 but he also causes people to experience disaster!
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\q1 And when he decides to do that,
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\q2 he does not change his mind!
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\q1 He will strike the wicked people
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\q2 and all those who help them.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 3 The soldiers of Egypt that you people of Judah are relying on are humans, not God!
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\q2 And their horses are only horses; they are not powerful spirits!
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\q1 So when Yahweh raises his fist
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\q2 to strike the soldiers of Egypt whom you thought would help you,
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\q2 he will also strike you who thought that you would be helped,
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\q2 and you and they will stumble and fall down;
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\q2 all of you will die together.
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\s5
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\p
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\v 4 But this is what Yahweh said to me:
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\q1 "When a lion stands and growls over the body of a sheep that he has killed,
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\q2 even if a large group of shepherds comes to chase away the lion,
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\q1 even if they shout loudly,
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\q2 the lion will not be afraid and will not leave.
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\q1 Similarly, I, Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, will come down
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\q2 to fight my enemies on Mount Zion,
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\q2 and nothing will stop me.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 5 Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, will protect Jerusalem
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\q2 like a mother bird hovers over the baby birds in her nest.
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\q1 He will defend the city
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\q2 and rescue it from its enemies."
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\p
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\v 6 My people, even though you have greatly rebelled against Yahweh, return to him.
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\v 7 When you do that, each of you will throw away the idols that you have made in sin, idols that are covered with silver and gold.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 8 The Assyrian soldiers will be killed,
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\q2 but not by swords that men use.
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\q2 They will be destroyed by the sword of God;
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\q1 and those who are not killed will panic and flee.
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\q2 And some of them will be captured and forced to become slaves.
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\q1
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\v 9 Even their very strong soldiers will be terrified;
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\q2 their leaders will abandon all hope and run away from Yahweh's power!
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\q1 Yahweh's presence on Mount Zion is like a fire,
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\q2 like a furnace that blazes in Jerusalem.
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\q2 This is what Yahweh says about the Assyrian army!
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