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11 Then they sweep through like the wind and vanish—
    they make their own strength their god![a]

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Footnotes

  1. 1:11 The primary aim of military campaigns by ancient Near Eastern rulers was usually the gathering of spoils and the collection of tribute rather than the annexation of territory. However, in the eighth century B.C., the Assyrians began to administer many conquered territories as provinces.

11 Then they sweep past like the wind(A) and go on—
    guilty people, whose own strength is their god.”(B)

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