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14 They shall blow the trumpet and make everything ready, but there shall be no one to go forth to the battle, for my wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.

15 The sword is without, and the pestilence and the famine within; he that is in the field shall die with the sword, and he that is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him.

16 ¶ And those that escape of them shall be upon the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, each one for his iniquity.

17 All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water.

18 They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and trembling shall cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads.

19 They shall cast their silver in the streets and their gold far from them their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD; they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels because it shall be the stumblingblock of their iniquity.

20 Because they turned the glory of his ornament into pride and made in her the images of their abominations of their statues; therefore I have set it far from them.

21 And I gave it into the hands of the strangers for a prey and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall pollute it.

22 I will also turn my face from them, and they shall pollute my secret place, for the destroyers shall enter into it and defile it.

23 ¶ Make a chain, for the land is full of bloody judgments, and the city is full of violence.

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14 “‘They have blown the trumpet,(A)
    they have made all things ready,
but no one will go into battle,
    for my wrath(B) is on the whole crowd.
15 Outside is the sword;
    inside are plague and famine.
Those in the country
    will die by the sword;
those in the city
    will be devoured by famine and plague.(C)
16 The fugitives(D) who escape
    will flee to the mountains.
Like doves(E) of the valleys,
    they will all moan,
    each for their own sins.(F)
17 Every hand will go limp;(G)
    every leg will be wet with urine.(H)
18 They will put on sackcloth(I)
    and be clothed with terror.(J)
Every face will be covered with shame,
    and every head will be shaved.(K)

19 “‘They will throw their silver into the streets,(L)
    and their gold will be treated as a thing unclean.
Their silver and gold
    will not be able to deliver them
    in the day of the Lord’s wrath.(M)
It will not satisfy(N) their hunger
    or fill their stomachs,
    for it has caused them to stumble(O) into sin.(P)
20 They took pride in their beautiful jewelry
    and used it to make(Q) their detestable idols.
They made it into vile images;(R)
    therefore I will make it a thing unclean for them.(S)
21 I will give their wealth as plunder(T) to foreigners
    and as loot to the wicked of the earth,
    who will defile it.(U)
22 I will turn my face(V) away from the people,
    and robbers will desecrate the place I treasure.
They will enter it
    and will defile it.(W)

23 “‘Prepare chains!
    For the land is full of bloodshed,(X)
    and the city is full of violence.(Y)

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