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The Lord’s Response

11 The Lord said:

Haven’t I set you loose for your own good?
Haven’t I punished you
in a time of trouble,
in a time of distress with the enemy?[a]
12 Can anyone smash iron,
iron from the north, or bronze?
13 I will give up your wealth
and your treasures as plunder,
without cost,(A) for all your sins
in all your borders.
14 Then I will make you serve your enemies[b]
in a land you do not know,
for my anger will kindle a fire
that will burn against you.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 15:11 Hb obscure
  2. 15:14 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr, Tg; other Hb mss read you pass through