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21 The mighty chiefs shall speak of them, with their helpers, out of the midst of Sheol: “They have come down; they lie still, the uncircumcised, killed by the sword.”(A)

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Sheol beneath is stirred up
    to meet you when you come;
it rouses the shades to greet you,
    all who were leaders of the earth;
it raises from their thrones
    all who were kings of the nations.(A)
10 All of them will speak
    and say to you:
“You, too, have become as weak as we!
    You have become like us!”

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27 And they do not lie with the fallen warriors of long ago[a] who went down to Sheol with their weapons of war, whose swords were laid under their heads and whose shields[b] are upon their bones; for the terror of the warriors was in the land of the living.(A)

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  1. 32.27 Gk OL: Heb of the uncircumcised
  2. 32.27 Cn: Heb iniquities

23 In Hades, where he was being tormented, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far away with Lazarus by his side.[a](A) 24 He called out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in agony in these flames.’(B)

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  1. 16.23 Gk in his bosom

24 Elam is there and all its hordes around its grave, all of them killed, fallen by the sword, who went down uncircumcised into the world below, who spread terror in the land of the living. They bear their shame with those who go down to the Pit.(A) 25 They have made Elam[a] a bed among the slain with all its hordes, their graves all around it, all of them uncircumcised, killed by the sword, for terror of them was spread in the land of the living, and they bear their shame with those who go down to the Pit; they are placed among the slain.(B)

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  1. 32.25 Heb it

19 “Whom do you surpass in beauty?
    Go down! Be laid to rest with the uncircumcised!”(A)

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31 The strong shall become like tinder
    and their work like a spark;
they and their work shall burn together,
    with no one to quench them.(A)

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32 The wicked are overthrown by their evildoing,
    but the righteous find a refuge in their integrity.[a](A)

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  1. 14.32 Gk Syr: Heb in their death

15 Let death come upon them;
    let them go down alive to Sheol,
    for evil is in their homes and in their hearts.(A)

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17 The wicked shall depart to Sheol,
    all the nations that forget God.(A)

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30 But if the Lord creates something new and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them up, with all that belongs to them, and they go down alive into Sheol, then you shall know that these men have despised the Lord.”(A)

31 As soon as he finished speaking all these words, the ground under them was split apart.(B) 32 The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, along with their households—everyone who belonged to Korah and all their goods.(C) 33 So they with all that belonged to them went down alive into Sheol; the earth closed over them, and they perished from the midst of the assembly. 34 All Israel around them fled at their outcry, for they said, “The earth will swallow us, too!”

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