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15 Why has Apis[a] fled?
    Why did your bull not stand?
    Because the Lord thrust him down.

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  1. 46.15 Gk: Heb mighty ones

15 Why will your warriors be laid low?
    They cannot stand, for the Lord will push them down.(A)

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15 For the Lord will come in fire
    and his chariots in a whirlwind,[a]
to vent his anger in fury
    and his rebuke in flames of fire.(A)
16 For by fire will the Lord execute judgment,
    and by his sword on all flesh;
    and those slain by the Lord shall be many.(B)

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  1. 66.15 Q ms: MT like a whirlwind

15 See, the Lord is coming with fire,(A)
    and his chariots(B) are like a whirlwind;(C)
he will bring down his anger with fury,
    and his rebuke(D) with flames of fire.
16 For with fire(E) and with his sword(F)
    the Lord will execute judgment(G) on all people,
    and many will be those slain(H) by the Lord.

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As smoke is driven away, so drive them away;
    as wax melts before the fire,
    let the wicked perish before God.(A)

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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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Why do I see them terrified?
    They have fallen back;
their warriors are beaten down
    and have fled in haste.
They do not look back—
    terror is all around!
            says the Lord.(A)

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What do I see?
    They are terrified,
they are retreating,
    their warriors are defeated.
They flee(A) in haste
    without looking back,
    and there is terror(B) on every side,”
declares the Lord.

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39 For you girded me with strength for the battle;
    you made my assailants sink under me.(A)

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39 You armed me with strength(A) for battle;
    you humbled my adversaries(B) before me.

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14 And he sent out his arrows and scattered them;
    he flashed forth lightnings and routed them.(A)

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14 He shot his arrows(A) and scattered the enemy,
    with great bolts of lightning(B) he routed them.(C)

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21 Even her mercenaries in her midst
    are like fatted calves;
they, too, have turned and fled together;
    they did not stand,
for the day of their calamity has come upon them,
    the time of their punishment.(A)

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21 The mercenaries(A) in her ranks
    are like fattened calves.(B)
They too will turn and flee(C) together,
    they will not stand their ground,
for the day(D) of disaster is coming upon them,
    the time(E) for them to be punished.

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Judah became God’s[a] sanctuary,
    Israel his dominion.(A)

The sea looked and fled;
    Jordan turned back.(B)
The mountains skipped like rams,
    the hills like lambs.(C)

Why is it, O sea, that you flee?
    O Jordan, that you turn back?
O mountains, that you skip like rams?
    O hills, like lambs?

Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord,
    at the presence of the God of Jacob,(D)

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  1. 114.2 Heb his

Judah(A) became God’s sanctuary,(B)
    Israel his dominion.

The sea looked and fled,(C)
    the Jordan turned back;(D)
the mountains leaped(E) like rams,
    the hills like lambs.

Why was it, sea, that you fled?(F)
    Why, Jordan, did you turn back?
Why, mountains, did you leap like rams,
    you hills, like lambs?

Tremble, earth,(G) at the presence of the Lord,
    at the presence of the God of Jacob,

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you with your own hand drove out the nations,
    but them you planted;
you afflicted the peoples,
    but them you set free;(A)

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With your hand you drove out(A) the nations
    and planted(B) our ancestors;
you crushed(C) the peoples
    and made our ancestors flourish.(D)

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20 The stars fought from heaven;
    from their courses they fought against Sisera.(A)
21 The torrent Kishon swept them away,
    the onrushing torrent, the torrent Kishon.
    March on, my soul, with might!(B)

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20 From the heavens(A) the stars fought,
    from their courses they fought against Sisera.
21 The river Kishon(B) swept them away,
    the age-old river, the river Kishon.
    March on, my soul; be strong!(C)

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23 then the Lord will drive out all these nations before you, and you will dispossess nations larger and mightier than you.(A)

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23 then the Lord will drive out(A) all these nations(B) before you, and you will dispossess nations larger and stronger than you.(C)

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Israel’s Deliverance Assured

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh: indeed, by a mighty hand he will let them go; by a mighty hand he will drive them out of his land.”(A)

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Then the Lord said to Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh: Because of my mighty hand(A) he will let them go;(B) because of my mighty hand he will drive them out of his country.”(C)

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