Therefore they shall be (A)like the morning mist
    or (B)like the dew that goes early away,
(C)like the chaff that swirls from the threshing floor
    or (D)like smoke from a window.

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Therefore they will be like the morning mist,
    like the early dew that disappears,(A)
    like chaff(B) swirling from a threshing floor,(C)
    like smoke(D) escaping through a window.

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What shall I do with you, (A)O (B)Ephraim?
    What shall I do with you, O (C)Judah?
Your love is (D)like a morning cloud,
    (E)like the dew that goes early away.

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“What can I do with you, Ephraim?(A)
    What can I do with you, Judah?
Your love is like the morning mist,
    like the early dew that disappears.(B)

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As (A)smoke is driven away, so you shall drive them away;
    (B)as wax melts before fire,
    so the wicked shall perish before God!

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May you blow them away like smoke—(A)
    as wax melts(B) before the fire,
    may the wicked perish(C) before God.

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The wicked are not so,
    but are like (A)chaff that the wind drives away.

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Not so the wicked!
    They are like chaff(A)
    that the wind blows away.

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35 Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold, all together were broken in pieces, and became (A)like the chaff of the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away, so that (B)not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that struck the image became (C)a great mountain (D)and filled the whole earth.

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35 Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver and the gold were all broken to pieces and became like chaff on a threshing floor in the summer. The wind swept them away(A) without leaving a trace. But the rock that struck the statue became a huge mountain(B) and filled the whole earth.(C)

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13 (A)The nations roar like the roaring of many waters,
    (B)but he will rebuke them, and they will flee far away,
chased (C)like chaff on the mountains before the wind
    and (D)whirling dust before the storm.

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13 Although the peoples roar(A) like the roar of surging waters,
    when he rebukes(B) them they flee(C) far away,
driven before the wind like chaff(D) on the hills,
    like tumbleweed before a gale.(E)

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15 (A)Behold, I make of you a threshing sledge,
    new, sharp, and having teeth;
you shall thresh (B)the mountains and crush them,
    and you shall make the hills like chaff;
16 (C)you shall winnow them, and (D)the wind shall carry them away,
    and the tempest shall scatter them.
(E)And you shall rejoice in the Lord;
    in the Holy One of Israel you shall glory.

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15 “See, I will make you into a threshing sledge,(A)
    new and sharp, with many teeth.
You will thresh the mountains(B) and crush them,
    and reduce the hills to chaff.(C)
16 You will winnow(D) them, the wind will pick them up,
    and a gale(E) will blow them away.(F)
But you will rejoice(G) in the Lord
    and glory(H) in the Holy One(I) of Israel.

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12 who said, (A)“Let us take possession for ourselves
    of the pastures of God.”

13 O my God, make them like (B)whirling dust,[a]
    like (C)chaff before the wind.
14 As (D)fire consumes the forest,
    as the flame (E)sets the mountains ablaze,
15 so may you pursue them (F)with your tempest
    and terrify them with your hurricane!
16 (G)Fill their faces with shame,
    that they may seek your name, O Lord.
17 Let them be (H)put to shame and dismayed forever;
    let them perish in disgrace,

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 83:13 Or like a tumbleweed

12 who said, “Let us take possession(A)
    of the pasturelands of God.”

13 Make them like tumbleweed, my God,
    like chaff(B) before the wind.
14 As fire consumes the forest
    or a flame sets the mountains ablaze,(C)
15 so pursue them with your tempest(D)
    and terrify them with your storm.(E)
16 Cover their faces with shame,(F) Lord,
    so that they will seek your name.

17 May they ever be ashamed and dismayed;(G)
    may they perish in disgrace.(H)

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