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31 
“For their rock is not like our Rock,
Even our enemies themselves judge this.
32 
“For their vine is from the vine of Sodom,
And from the fields of Gomorrah;
Their grapes are grapes of poison,
Their clusters, bitter.
33 
“Their wine is the venom of serpents,
And the deadly poison of vipers.

34 
‘Is it not laid up in store with Me,
Sealed up in My treasuries?
35 
‘Vengeance is Mine, and retribution,
In due time their foot will slip;
For the day of their disaster is at hand,
And their doom hurries to meet them.’

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31 But the rock of our enemies is not like our Rock,
    as even they recognize.[a]
32 Their vine grows from the vine of Sodom,
    from the vineyards of Gomorrah.
Their grapes are poison,
    and their clusters are bitter.
33 Their wine is the venom of serpents,
    the deadly poison of cobras.

34 “The Lord says, ‘Am I not storing up these things,
    sealing them away in my treasury?
35 I will take revenge; I will pay them back.
    In due time their feet will slip.
Their day of disaster will arrive,
    and their destiny will overtake them.’

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Footnotes

  1. 32:31 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain. Greek version reads our enemies are fools.

31     It’s not because their rock is anything like our Rock—
        even our enemies admit this!
32     No, it’s because their vine is grafted from the vines of Sodom,
        from the terraces of Gomorrah:
    It grows poisonous grapes in bitter clusters
33         and makes wine that’s snake venom and deadly cobra poison.

34 Eternal One: Haven’t I been saving this judgment,
        sealing it away in My storehouse?
35     Revenge is Mine. I will settle all scores![a]
        Soon they’ll stumble because the day of disaster is almost here,
    And their doom is coming quickly!

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