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18 “Swift are they on the face of the waters;
    their portion in the land is cursed;
    no treader turns toward their vineyards.(A)

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If you will not listen, if you will not lay it to heart to give glory to my name, says the Lord of hosts, then I will send the curse on you, and I will curse your blessings; indeed, I have already cursed them[a] because you do not lay it to heart.(A)

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  1. 2.2 Heb it

10 Cross over to your own land,
    O ships of[a] Tarshish;
    this is a harbor[b] no more.

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  1. 23.10 Cn Compare Gk: Heb like the Nile, daughter
  2. 23.10 Cn: Heb restraint

33 The Lord’s curse is on the house of the wicked,
    but he blesses the abode of the righteous.(A)

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18 Truly you set them in slippery places;
    you make them fall to ruin.(A)
19 How they are destroyed in a moment,
    swept away utterly by terrors!(B)
20 They are[a] like a dream when one awakes;
    on awaking you despise their phantoms.(C)

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  1. 73.20 Cn: Heb Lord

22 Let their table be a trap for them,
    a snare for their allies.(A)

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Let them vanish like water that runs away;
    like grass let them be trodden down[a] and wither.(A)

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  1. 58.7 Cn: Meaning of Heb uncertain

16 They were snatched away before their time;
    their foundation was washed away by a flood.(A)

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26 They go by like skiffs of reed,
    like an eagle swooping on the prey.(A)

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16 “Cursed shall you be in the city, and cursed shall you be in the field.

17 “Cursed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl.

18 “Cursed shall be the fruit of your womb, the fruit of your ground, the increase of your cattle and the issue of your flock.

19 “Cursed shall you be when you come in, and cursed shall you be when you go out.

20 “The Lord will send upon you disaster, panic, and frustration in everything you attempt to do, until you are destroyed and perish quickly, on account of the evil of your deeds with which you have forsaken me.(A)

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