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26 He will lift up a banner to the nations from far away,
    and he will whistle for them from the end of the earth.
    Behold, they will come speedily and swiftly.
27 No one shall be weary nor stumble among them;
    no one shall slumber nor sleep,
    neither shall the belt of their waist be untied,
    nor the strap of their sandals be broken,
28 whose arrows are sharp,
    and all their bows bent.
Their horses’ hoofs will be like flint,
    and their wheels like a whirlwind.
29 Their roaring will be like a lioness.
    They will roar like young lions.
Yes, they shall roar,
    and seize their prey and carry it off,
    and there will be no one to deliver.
30 They will roar against them in that day like the roaring of the sea.
    If one looks to the land, behold, darkness and distress.
    The light is darkened in its clouds.

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26 He will raise a signal for a nation far away
    and whistle for a people at the ends of the earth.
Here they come, swiftly, speedily!(A)
27 None of them is weary; none stumbles;
    none slumbers or sleeps;
not a loincloth is loose;
    not a sandal strap broken;(B)
28 their arrows are sharp;
    all their bows strung;
their horses’ hoofs seem like flint,
    and their wheels like the whirlwind.(C)
29 Their roaring is like a lion;
    like young lions they roar;
they growl and seize their prey;
    they carry it off, and no one can rescue.(D)
30 They will roar over it on that day,
    like the roaring of the sea.
And if one look to the land—
    only darkness and distress;
and the light grows dark with its clouds.(E)

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