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15 When he sees how good the countryside is
    and how pleasant the land,
he will bend his shoulder to the load
    and submit himself to hard labor.

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15 When he sees how good is his resting place
    and how pleasant is his land,(A)
he will bend his shoulder to the burden(B)
    and submit to forced labor.(C)

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They crush people with unbearable religious demands and never lift a finger to ease the burden.

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They tie up heavy, cumbersome loads and put them on other people’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.(A)

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18 “Son of man, the army of King Nebuchadnezzar[a] of Babylon fought so hard against Tyre that the warriors’ heads were rubbed bare and their shoulders were raw and blistered. Yet Nebuchadnezzar and his army won no plunder to compensate them for all their work.

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Footnotes

  1. 29:18 Hebrew Nebuchadrezzar, a variant spelling of Nebuchadnezzar; also in 29:19.

18 “Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar(A) king of Babylon drove his army in a hard campaign against Tyre; every head was rubbed bare(B) and every shoulder made raw.(C) Yet he and his army got no reward from the campaign he led against Tyre.

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“Now I will take the load from your shoulders;
    I will free your hands from their heavy tasks.

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“I removed the burden(A) from their shoulders;(B)
    their hands were set free from the basket.

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The Lord’s Covenant Promise to David

When King David was settled in his palace and the Lord had given him rest from all the surrounding enemies,

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God’s Promise to David(A)

After the king was settled in his palace(B) and the Lord had given him rest from all his enemies(C) around him,(D)

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11 So there was peace in the land for forty years. Then Othniel son of Kenaz died.

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11 So the land had peace(A) for forty years,(B) until Othniel son of Kenaz(C) died.

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15 (Previously Hebron had been called Kiriath-arba. It had been named after Arba, a great hero of the descendants of Anak.)

And the land had rest from war.

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15 (Hebron used to be called Kiriath Arba(A) after Arba,(B) who was the greatest man among the Anakites.)

Then the land had rest(C) from war.

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