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13 For the sellers shall not return to what has been sold as long as they remain alive. For the vision concerns all their multitude; it shall not be revoked. Because of their iniquity, they cannot maintain their lives.[a]

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  1. 7.13 Gk: Meaning of Heb uncertain

13 The seller will not recover
    the property that was sold—
    as long as both buyer and seller live.
For the vision concerning the whole crowd
    will not be reversed.
Because of their sins, not one of them
    will preserve their life.(A)

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24 Throughout the land that you hold, you shall provide for the redemption of the land.

25 “If anyone of your kin falls into difficulty and sells a piece of property, then the next of kin shall come and redeem what the relative has sold.(A) 26 If the person has no one to redeem it but then prospers and finds sufficient means to do so, 27 the years since its sale shall be computed and the difference refunded to the person to whom it was sold, and the property shall be returned.(B) 28 But if there are not sufficient means to recover it, what was sold shall remain with the purchaser until the year of Jubilee; in the Jubilee it shall be released, and the property shall be returned.(C)

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24 Throughout the land that you hold as a possession, you must provide for the redemption(A) of the land.

25 “‘If one of your fellow Israelites becomes poor and sells some of their property, their nearest relative(B) is to come and redeem(C) what they have sold. 26 If, however, there is no one to redeem it for them but later on they prosper(D) and acquire sufficient means to redeem it themselves, 27 they are to determine the value for the years(E) since they sold it and refund the balance to the one to whom they sold it; they can then go back to their own property.(F) 28 But if they do not acquire the means to repay, what was sold will remain in the possession of the buyer until the Year of Jubilee. It will be returned(G) in the Jubilee, and they can then go back to their property.(H)

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26 You depend on your swords, you commit abominations, and each of you defiles his neighbor’s wife; shall you then possess the land?(A) 27 Say this to them: Thus says the Lord God: As I live, surely those who are in the waste places shall fall by the sword, and those who are in the open field I will give to the wild animals to be devoured, and those who are in strongholds and in caves shall die by pestilence.(B)

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26 You rely on your sword, you do detestable things,(A) and each of you defiles his neighbor’s wife.(B) Should you then possess the land?’

27 “Say this to them: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: As surely as I live, those who are left in the ruins will fall by the sword, those out in the country I will give to the wild animals to be devoured, and those in strongholds and caves will die of a plague.(C)

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22 Because you have disheartened the righteous falsely, although I have not disheartened them, and you have encouraged the wicked not to turn from their wicked way and save their lives,(A)

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22 Because you disheartened the righteous with your lies,(A) when I had brought them no grief, and because you encouraged the wicked not to turn from their evil ways and so save their lives,(B)

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No one has power over the wind[a] to restrain the wind[b] or power over the day of death; there is no discharge from the battle, nor does wickedness deliver those who practice it.(A)

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  1. 8.8 Or breath
  2. 8.8 Or breath

As no one has power over the wind to contain it,
    so[a] no one has power over the time of their death.
As no one is discharged in time of war,
    so wickedness will not release those who practice it.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 8:8 Or over the human spirit to retain it, / and so

“See the one who would not take
    refuge in God
but trusted in abundant riches
    and sought refuge in wealth!”[a](A)

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  1. 52.7 Syr Tg: Heb in his destruction

“Here now is the man
    who did not make God his stronghold(A)
but trusted in his great wealth(B)
    and grew strong by destroying others!”

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25 Because they stretched out their hands against God
    and bid defiance to the Almighty,[a](A)

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  1. 15.25 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai

25 because he shakes his fist(A) at God
    and vaunts himself against the Almighty,(B)

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31 But houses in villages that have no walls around them shall be classed as open country; they may be redeemed, and they shall be released in the Jubilee.

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31 But houses in villages without walls around them are to be considered as belonging to the open country. They can be redeemed, and they are to be returned in the Jubilee.

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