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11 Why do you hold back your hand;
    why do you keep your hand in[a] your bosom?(A)

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  1. 74.11 Cn: Heb do you consume your right hand from

11 Why do you hold back your hand, your right hand?(A)
    Take it from the folds of your garment(B) and destroy them!

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do not lift up your horn on high
    or speak with insolent neck.”(A)

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Do not lift your horns against heaven;
    do not speak so defiantly.(A)’”

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10 All the horns of the wicked I will cut off,
    but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.(A)

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10 who says, “I will cut off the horns of all the wicked,
    but the horns of the righteous will be lifted up.”(A)

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Thus you shall say to Zedekiah: Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: I am going to turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands and with which you are fighting against the king of Babylon and against the Chaldeans who are besieging you outside the walls, and I will bring them together into the center of this city.(A)

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‘This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: I am about to turn(A) against you the weapons of war that are in your hands, which you are using to fight the king of Babylon and the Babylonians[a] who are outside the wall besieging(B) you. And I will gather them inside this city.

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  1. Jeremiah 21:4 Or Chaldeans; also in verse 9

I myself will fight against you with outstretched hand and mighty arm, in anger, in fury, and in great wrath.(A)

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I myself will fight(A) against you with an outstretched hand(B) and a mighty arm(C) in furious anger and in great wrath.

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14 I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings,
            says the Lord;
    I will kindle a fire in its forest,
    and it shall devour all that is around it.(A)

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14 I will punish you as your deeds(A) deserve,
    declares the Lord.
I will kindle a fire(B) in your forests(C)
    that will consume everything around you.’”

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