18 He builds his (A)house like a moth's,
    like (B)a booth that (C)a watchman makes.

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And (A)the daughter of Zion is left
    like a (B)booth in a vineyard,
like a lodge in a cucumber field,
    like a besieged city.

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14 His confidence is severed,
    and his trust is (A)a spider's web.[a]
15 He leans against his (B)house, but it does not stand;
    he lays hold of it, but it does not endure.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 8:14 Hebrew house

(A)For the moth will eat them up like a garment,
    and the worm will eat them like wool,
(B)but my righteousness will be forever,
    and my salvation to all generations.”

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He has laid waste his booth like a garden,
    laid in ruins (A)his meeting place;
(B)the Lord has made Zion forget
    festival and (C)Sabbath,
and in his fierce indignation has spurned king and priest.

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12 My dwelling is plucked up and removed from me
    (A)like a shepherd's tent;
(B)like a weaver (C)I have rolled up my life;
    (D)he cuts me off from the loom;
(E)from day to night you bring me to an end;

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