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11 Then the Lord said to Samuel, “I am about to do a shocking thing in Israel.

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11 And the Lord said to Samuel: “See, I am about to do something in Israel that will make the ears of everyone who hears about it tingle.(A)

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Say to them, ‘Listen to this message from the Lord, you kings of Judah and citizens of Jerusalem! This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says: I will bring a terrible disaster on this place, and the ears of those who hear about it will ring!

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and say, ‘Hear the word of the Lord, you kings(A) of Judah and people of Jerusalem. This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Listen! I am going to bring a disaster(B) on this place that will make the ears of everyone who hears of it tingle.(C)

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12 So this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: I will bring such disaster on Jerusalem and Judah that the ears of those who hear about it will tingle with horror.

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12 Therefore this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: I am going to bring such disaster(A) on Jerusalem and Judah that the ears of everyone who hears of it will tingle.(B)

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41 ‘Look, you mockers,
    be amazed and die!
For I am doing something in your own day,
    something you wouldn’t believe
    even if someone told you about it.’[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 13:41 Hab 1:5 (Greek version).

41 “‘Look, you scoffers,
    wonder and perish,
for I am going to do something in your days
    that you would never believe,
    even if someone told you.’[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 13:41 Hab. 1:5

The Lord’s Reply

The Lord replied,

“Look around at the nations;
    look and be amazed![a]
For I am doing something in your own day,
    something you wouldn’t believe
    even if someone told you about it.

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Footnotes

  1. 1:5 Greek version reads Look, you mockers; / look and be amazed and die. Compare Acts 13:41.

The Lord’s Answer

“Look at the nations and watch—
    and be utterly amazed.(A)
For I am going to do something in your days
    that you would not believe,
    even if you were told.(B)

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26 People will be terrified at what they see coming upon the earth, for the powers in the heavens will be shaken.

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26 People will faint from terror, apprehensive of what is coming on the world, for the heavenly bodies will be shaken.(A)

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When the ram’s horn blows a warning,
    shouldn’t the people be alarmed?
Does disaster come to a city
    unless the Lord has planned it?

Indeed, the Sovereign Lord never does anything
    until he reveals his plans to his servants the prophets.

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When a trumpet(A) sounds in a city,
    do not the people tremble?
When disaster(B) comes to a city,
    has not the Lord caused it?(C)

Surely the Sovereign Lord does nothing
    without revealing his plan(D)
    to his servants the prophets.(E)

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14 Because of this, I will once again astound these hypocrites
    with amazing wonders.
The wisdom of the wise will pass away,
    and the intelligence of the intelligent will disappear.”

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14 Therefore once more I will astound these people
    with wonder upon wonder;(A)
the wisdom of the wise(B) will perish,
    the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish.(C)

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19 Again and again that flood will come,
    morning after morning,
day and night,
    until you are carried away.”

This message will bring terror to your people.

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19 As often as it comes it will carry you away;(A)
    morning after morning,(B) by day and by night,
    it will sweep through.”

The understanding of this message
    will bring sheer terror.(C)

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