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In that day so few men will be left that seven women will fight for each man, saying, “Let us all marry you! We will provide our own food and clothing. Only let us take your name so we won’t be mocked as old maids.”

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In that day(A) seven women
    will take hold of one man(B)
and say, “We will eat our own food(C)
    and provide our own clothes;
only let us be called by your name.
    Take away our disgrace!”(D)

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23 She became pregnant and gave birth to a son. “God has removed my disgrace,” she said.

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23 She became pregnant and gave birth to a son(A) and said, “God has taken away my disgrace.”(B)

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17 Human pride will be humbled,
    and human arrogance will be brought down.
Only the Lord will be exalted
    on that day of judgment.

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17 The arrogance of man will be brought low(A)
    and human pride humbled;(B)
the Lord alone will be exalted in that day,(C)

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12 I will make people scarcer than gold—
    more rare than the fine gold of Ophir.

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12 I will make people(A) scarcer than pure gold,
    more rare than the gold of Ophir.(B)

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22 For those will be days of God’s vengeance, and the prophetic words of the Scriptures will be fulfilled.

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22 For this is the time of punishment(A) in fulfillment(B) of all that has been written.

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25 “How kind the Lord is!” she exclaimed. “He has taken away my disgrace of having no children.”

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25 “The Lord has done this for me,” she said. “In these days he has shown his favor and taken away my disgrace(A) among the people.”

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Then at last the people will look to their Creator
    and turn their eyes to the Holy One of Israel.

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In that day(A) people will look(B) to their Maker(C)
    and turn their eyes to the Holy One(D) of Israel.

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12 We command such people and urge them in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ to settle down and work to earn their own living.

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12 Such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ(A) to settle down and earn the food they eat.(B)

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Hope for the Lord’s People

20 In that day the remnant left in Israel,
    the survivors in the house of Jacob,
will no longer depend on allies
    who seek to destroy them.
But they will faithfully trust the Lord,
    the Holy One of Israel.

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The Remnant of Israel

20 In that day(A) the remnant of Israel,
    the survivors(B) of Jacob,
will no longer rely(C) on him
    who struck them down(D)
but will truly rely(E) on the Lord,
    the Holy One of Israel.(F)

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25 The men of the city will be killed with the sword,
    and her warriors will die in battle.
26 The gates of Zion will weep and mourn.
    The city will be like a ravaged woman,
    huddled on the ground.

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25 Your men will fall by the sword,(A)
    your warriors in battle.(B)
26 The gates(C) of Zion will lament and mourn;(D)
    destitute,(E) she will sit on the ground.(F)

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So Peninnah would taunt Hannah and make fun of her because the Lord had kept her from having children.

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Because the Lord had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival kept provoking her in order to irritate her.(A)

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11 Human pride will be brought down,
    and human arrogance will be humbled.
Only the Lord will be exalted
    on that day of judgment.

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11 The eyes of the arrogant(A) will be humbled(B)
    and human pride(C) brought low;(D)
the Lord alone will be exalted(E) in that day.(F)

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