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25 The arrow is pulled from their back,
    and the arrowhead glistens with blood.[a]
The terrors of death are upon them.

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  1. 20:25 Hebrew with gall.

11 “Terrors surround the wicked
    and trouble them at every step.

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13     and now his archers surround me.
His arrows pierce me without mercy.
    The ground is wet with my blood.[a]

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  1. 16:13 Hebrew my gall.

41 when I sharpen my flashing sword
    and begin to carry out justice,
I will take revenge on my enemies
    and repay those who reject me.

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We Are God’s Ambassadors

11 Because we understand our fearful responsibility to the Lord, we work hard to persuade others. God knows we are sincere, and I hope you know this, too.

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The next day, when Pashhur finally released him, Jeremiah said, “Pashhur, the Lord has changed your name. From now on you are to be called ‘The Man Who Lives in Terror.’[a] For this is what the Lord says: ‘I will send terror upon you and all your friends, and you will watch as they are slaughtered by the swords of the enemy. I will hand the people of Judah over to the king of Babylon. He will take them captive to Babylon or run them through with the sword.

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  1. 20:3 Hebrew Magor-missabib, which means “surrounded by terror”; also in 20:10.

15 I have been sick and close to death since my youth.
    I stand helpless and desperate before your terrors.

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19 In an instant they are destroyed,
    completely swept away by terrors.

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12 If a person does not repent,
    God[a] will sharpen his sword;
    he will bend and string his bow.

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  1. 7:12 Hebrew he.

20 Terror overwhelms them like a flood,
    and they are blown away in the storms of the night.

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21 The sound of terror rings in their ears,
    and even on good days they fear the attack of the destroyer.

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For the Almighty has struck me down with his arrows.
    Their poison infects my spirit.
    God’s terrors are lined up against me.

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14 “Enough of this nonsense,” Joab said. Then he took three daggers and plunged them into Absalom’s heart as he dangled, still alive, in the great tree.

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