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17 My rebellion is sealed in a bag;
    you would cover my sin.

God crushes hope

18 But an eroding mountain breaks up,
    and rock is displaced.
19 Water wears away boulders;
    floods carry away soil;
    you destroy a people’s hope.

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17 My offenses will be sealed(A) up in a bag;(B)
    you will cover over my sin.(C)

18 “But as a mountain erodes and crumbles(D)
    and as a rock is moved from its place,(E)
19 as water wears away stones
    and torrents(F) wash away the soil,(G)
    so you destroy a person’s hope.(H)

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