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23 Their graves are set in the uttermost parts of the Pit. Its company is all around its grave, all of them killed, fallen by the sword, who spread terror in the land of the living.(A)

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20 then I will thrust you down with those who descend into the Pit, to the people of long ago, and I will make you live in the world below, among primeval ruins, with those who go down to the Pit, so that you will not be inhabited or have a place[a] in the land of the living.(A)

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  1. 26.20 Gk: Heb I will give beauty

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)

26 Meshech and Tubal are there, and all their multitude, their graves all around them, all of them uncircumcised, pierced by the sword, for they spread terror in the land of the living.(C) 27 And they do not lie with the fallen warriors of long ago[b] who went down to Sheol with their weapons of war, whose swords were laid under their heads and whose shields[c] are upon their bones; for the terror of the warriors was in the land of the living.(D)

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  1. 32.25 Heb it
  2. 32.27 Gk OL: Heb of the uncircumcised
  3. 32.27 Cn: Heb iniquities

17 And they shall raise a lamentation over you and say to you:

“How you have vanished[a] from the seas,
    O city renowned,
once mighty on the sea,
    you and your inhabitants,[b]
who imposed your[c] terror
    on all the mainland![d](A)

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  1. 26.17 Gk OL Aquila: Heb have vanished, O inhabited one,
  2. 26.17 Heb it and its inhabitants
  3. 26.17 Heb their
  4. 26.17 Cn: Heb its inhabitants

13 I believe that I shall see the goodness of the Lord
    in the land of the living.(A)

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32 For he[a] spread terror in the land of the living; therefore he shall be laid to rest among the uncircumcised, with those who are slain by the sword—Pharaoh and all his multitude, says the Lord God.

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  1. 32.32 Cn: Heb I

19 But I was like a gentle lamb
    led to the slaughter.
And I did not know it was against me
    that they devised schemes, saying,
“Let us destroy the tree with its fruit;
    let us cut him off from the land of the living,
    so that his name will no longer be remembered!”(A)

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12 I, I am he who comforts you;
    why then are you afraid of a mere mortal who must die,
    a human being who fades like grass?(A)
13 You have forgotten the Lord, your Maker,
    who stretched out the heavens
    and laid the foundations of the earth.
You fear continually all day long
    because of the fury of the oppressor,
who is bent on destruction.
    But where is the fury of the oppressor?(B)

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11 I said, I shall not see the Lord
    in the land of the living;
I shall look upon mortals no more
    among the inhabitants of the world.(A)

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15 But you are brought down to Sheol,
    to the depths of the Pit.(A)
16 Those who see you will stare at you
    and ponder over you:
“Is this the man who made the earth tremble,
    who shook kingdoms,(B)

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I cry to you, O Lord;
    I say, “You are my refuge,
    my portion in the land of the living.”(A)

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I walk before the Lord
    in the land of the living.

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13 Mortals do not know the way to it,[a]
    and it is not found in the land of the living.(A)

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  1. 28.13 Gk: Heb its price