But this is not what he intends,(A)
    this is not what he has in mind;
his purpose is to destroy,
    to put an end to many nations.

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11 But now many nations
    are gathered against you.
They say, “Let her be defiled,
    let our eyes gloat(A) over Zion!”
12 But they do not know
    the thoughts of the Lord;
they do not understand his plan,(B)
    that he has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor.

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