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23 They wander abroad for bread, saying, ‘Where is it?’
    They know that a day of darkness is ready at hand;(A)

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10 May his children wander about and beg;
    may they be driven out of[a] the ruins they inhabit.

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  1. 109.10 Gk: Heb may they seek

15 They roam about for food
    and growl if they do not get their fill.

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12 Their strength is consumed by hunger,[a]
    and calamity is ready for their stumbling.(A)

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  1. 18.12 Or Disaster is hungry for them

37 They were stoned to death; they were sawn in two;[a] they were killed by the sword; they went about in skins of sheep and goats, destitute, persecuted, tormented(A) 38 of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts and mountains and in caves and holes in the ground.(B)

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  1. 11.37 Other ancient authorities add they were tempted

27 but a fearful prospect of judgment and a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries.(A)

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15 That day will be a day of wrath,
    a day of distress and anguish,
a day of ruin and devastation,
    a day of darkness and gloom,
a day of clouds and thick darkness,(A)

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20 Is not the day of the Lord darkness, not light,
    and gloom with no brightness in it?(A)

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a day of darkness and gloom,
    a day of clouds and thick darkness!
Like blackness spread upon the mountains,
    a great and powerful army comes;
their like has never been from of old,
    nor will be again after them
    in ages to come.(A)

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We get our bread at the peril of our lives,
    because of the sword in the wilderness.

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We have made a pact with[a] Egypt and Assyria
    to get enough bread.(A)

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  1. 5.6 Heb have given the hand to

Even those who live many years should rejoice in them all, yet let them remember that the days of darkness will be many. All that comes is vanity.(A)

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Through want and hard hunger
    they gnaw the dry and desolate ground;
they pick mallow and the leaves of bushes
    and to warm themselves the roots of broom.

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18 They are thrust from light into darkness
    and driven out of the world.

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“Surely the light of the wicked is put out,
    and the flame of their fire does not shine.(A)
The light is dark in their tent,
    and the lamp above them is put out.

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12 When you till the ground, it will no longer yield to you its strength; you will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”(A)

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