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20 “You are my battle ax and weapons of war.
    With you I will break the nations into pieces.
    With you I will destroy kingdoms.
21 With you I will break in pieces
    the horse and his rider.
22 With you I will break in pieces
    the chariot and him who rides therein.
With you I will break in pieces
    man and woman.
With you I will break in pieces
    the old man and the youth.
With you I will break in pieces
    the young man and the virgin.
23 With you I will break in pieces
    the shepherd and his flock.
With you I will break in pieces
    the farmer and his yoke.
With you I will break in pieces
    governors and deputies.

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20 You are my war club,
my weapons of war.
With you I will smash nations;
with you I will bring kingdoms to ruin.
21 With you I will smash the horse and its rider;
with you I will smash the chariot and its rider.
22 With you I will smash man and woman;(A)
with you I will smash the old man and the youth;
with you I will smash the young man and the young woman.
23 With you I will smash the shepherd and his flock;
with you I will smash the farmer and his ox-team.[a]
With you I will smash governors and officials.

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Footnotes

  1. 51:23 Lit yoke