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

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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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You shall say: Hear the word of the Lord, O kings of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem. Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: I am going to bring such disaster upon this place that the ears of everyone who hears of it will tingle.(A)

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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 therefore thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: I am bringing upon Jerusalem and Judah such evil that the ears of everyone who hears of it will tingle.(A)

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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 scoffers!
    Be amazed and perish,
for in your days I am doing a work,
    a work that you will never believe, even if someone tells you.’ ”

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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

Look at the nations and see!
    Be astonished! Be astounded!
For a work is being done in your days
    that you would not believe if you were told.(A)

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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 faint from fear and foreboding of what is coming upon the world, for the powers of 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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Is a trumpet blown in a city,
    and the people are not afraid?
Does disaster befall a city
    unless the Lord has done it?(A)
Surely the Lord God does nothing
    without revealing his secret
    to his servants the prophets.(B)

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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 so I will again do
    amazing things with this people,
    shocking and amazing.
The wisdom of their wise shall perish,
    and the discernment of the discerning shall be hidden.(A)

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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 As often as it passes through, it will take you,
    for morning by morning it will pass through,
    by day and by night,
and it will be sheer terror to understand the message.”(A)

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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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