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24 With fierceness and rage it swallows the ground;
    it cannot stand still at the sound of the trumpet.(A)

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24 In frenzied excitement it eats up the ground;
    it cannot stand still when the trumpet sounds.(A)

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41 Yet for all their joy they were still disbelieving and wondering, and he said to them, “Have you anything here to eat?”(A)

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41 And while they still did not believe it because of joy and amazement, he asked them, “Do you have anything here to eat?”

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Their horses are swifter than leopards,
    more menacing than wolves at dusk;
    their horses charge.
Their horsemen come from far away;
    they fly like an eagle swift to devour.(A)
They all come for violence,
    with faces pressing[a] forward;
    they gather captives like sand.(B)

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  1. 1.9 Meaning of Heb uncertain

Their horses are swifter(A) than leopards,
    fiercer than wolves(B) at dusk.
Their cavalry gallops headlong;
    their horsemen come from afar.
They fly like an eagle swooping to devour;
    they all come intent on violence.
Their hordes[a] advance like a desert wind
    and gather prisoners(C) like sand.

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  1. Habakkuk 1:9 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

Is a trumpet blown in a city,
    and the people are not afraid?
Does disaster befall a city
    unless the Lord has done it?(A)

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When a trumpet(A) sounds in a city,
    do not the people tremble?
When disaster(B) comes to a city,
    has not the Lord caused it?(C)

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Sorrow for a Doomed Nation

19 My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain!
    Oh, the walls of my heart!
My heart is beating wildly;
    I cannot keep silent,
for I[a] hear the sound of the trumpet,
    the alarm of war.(A)

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  1. 4.19 Or for you, O my soul,

19 Oh, my anguish, my anguish!(A)
    I writhe in pain.(B)
Oh, the agony of my heart!
    My heart pounds(C) within me,
    I cannot keep silent.(D)
For I have heard the sound of the trumpet;(E)
    I have heard the battle cry.(F)

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20 Should he be told that I want to speak?
    Did anyone ever wish to be swallowed up?

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20 Should he be told that I want to speak?
    Would anyone ask to be swallowed up?

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24 I smiled on them when they had no confidence,
    and the light of my countenance they did not extinguish.[a]

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  1. 29.24 Meaning of Heb uncertain

24 When I smiled at them, they scarcely believed it;
    the light of my face(A) was precious to them.[a](B)

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  1. Job 29:24 The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.

16 If I summoned him and he answered me,
    I do not believe that he would listen to my voice.

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16 Even if I summoned him and he responded,
    I do not believe he would give me a hearing.(A)

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