20 As she was dying,[a] the women taking care of her said, “Don’t be afraid. You’ve given birth to a son!” (A) But she did not respond or pay attention.

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  1. 4:20 LXX reads And in her time of delivery, she was about to die

20 As she was dying, the women attending her said, “Don’t despair; you have given birth to a son.” But she did not respond or pay any attention.

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16 Listen closely, Lord, and hear; open your eyes, Lord, and see.(A) Hear the words that Sennacherib has sent to mock the living God.(B)

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16 Give ear,(A) Lord, and hear;(B) open your eyes,(C) Lord, and see; listen to the words Sennacherib has sent to ridicule the living God.

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Their idols are silver and gold,
made by human hands.(A)
They have mouths but cannot speak,
eyes, but cannot see.
They have ears but cannot hear,
noses, but cannot smell.(B)
They have hands but cannot feel,
feet, but cannot walk.(C)
They cannot make a sound with their throats.(D)
Those who make them are[a] just like them,
as are all who trust in them.(E)

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  1. 115:8 Or May those who make them become

But their idols are silver and gold,(A)
    made by human hands.(B)
They have mouths, but cannot speak,(C)
    eyes, but cannot see.
They have ears, but cannot hear,
    noses, but cannot smell.
They have hands, but cannot feel,
    feet, but cannot walk,
    nor can they utter a sound with their throats.
Those who make them will be like them,
    and so will all who trust in them.

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12 When Moab appears
and tires himself out on the high place(A)
and comes to his sanctuary to pray,
it will do him no good.(B)

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12 When Moab appears at her high place,(A)
    she only wears herself out;
when she goes to her shrine(B) to pray,
    it is to no avail.(C)

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