(A)the seers shall be disgraced,
    and the diviners put to shame;
(B)they shall all cover their lips,
    for (C)there is no answer from God.

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The seers will be ashamed(A)
    and the diviners disgraced.(B)
They will all cover(C) their faces(D)
    because there is no answer from God.(E)

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“On that day (A)every prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies. He will not put on a hairy cloak in order to deceive,

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“On that day every prophet will be ashamed(A) of their prophetic vision. They will not put on a prophet’s garment(B) of hair(C) in order to deceive.(D)

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25 who frustrates the signs of liars
    and makes fools of diviners,
(A)who turns wise men back
    and makes their knowledge foolish,

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25 who foils(A) the signs of false prophets
    and makes fools of diviners,(B)
who overthrows the learning of the wise(C)
    and turns it into nonsense,(D)

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11 “Behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord God,
    “when (A)I will send a famine on the land—
not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water,
    (B)but of hearing the words of the Lord.

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11 “The days are coming,”(A) declares the Sovereign Lord,
    “when I will send a famine through the land—
not a famine of food or a thirst for water,
    but a famine(B) of hearing the words of the Lord.(C)

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17 Sigh, but not aloud; make no mourning for the dead. (A)Bind on your turban, and (B)put your shoes on your feet; do not cover your lips, (C)nor eat the bread of men.”

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17 Groan quietly;(A) do not mourn for the dead. Keep your turban(B) fastened and your sandals(C) on your feet; do not cover your mustache and beard(D) or eat the customary food of mourners.(E)

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12 (A)Stand fast in your enchantments
    and your many sorceries,
    with which you have labored from your youth;
perhaps you may be able to succeed;
    perhaps you may inspire terror.
13 You are wearied with your many counsels;
    let them stand forth and save you,
(B)those who divide the heavens,
    who gaze at the stars,
who at the new moons make known
    what shall come upon you.

14 Behold, (C)they are like stubble;
    (D)the fire consumes them;
they cannot deliver themselves
    from the power of the flame.
No coal for warming oneself is this,
    no fire to sit before!

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12 “Keep on, then, with your magic spells
    and with your many sorceries,(A)
    which you have labored at since childhood.
Perhaps you will succeed,
    perhaps you will cause terror.
13 All the counsel you have received has only worn you out!(B)
    Let your astrologers(C) come forward,
those stargazers who make predictions month by month,
    let them save(D) you from what is coming upon you.
14 Surely they are like stubble;(E)
    the fire(F) will burn them up.
They cannot even save themselves
    from the power of the flame.(G)
These are not coals for warmth;
    this is not a fire to sit by.

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And when Saul inquired of the Lord, (A)the Lord did not answer him, either (B)by dreams, or (C)by Urim, or by prophets.

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He inquired(A) of the Lord, but the Lord did not answer him by dreams(B) or Urim(C) or prophets.(D)

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45 “The leprous person who has the disease shall wear torn clothes and (A)let the hair of his head hang loose, and he shall (B)cover his upper lip[a] and cry out, (C)‘Unclean, unclean.’

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  1. Leviticus 13:45 Or mustache

45 “Anyone with such a defiling disease must wear torn clothes,(A) let their hair be unkempt,[a] cover the lower part of their face(B) and cry out, ‘Unclean! Unclean!’(C)

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  1. Leviticus 13:45 Or clothes, uncover their head

Just as (A)Jannes and Jambres (B)opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, (C)men corrupted in mind and (D)disqualified regarding the faith. But they will not get very far, for their folly will be plain to all, (E)as was that of those two men.

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Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses,(A) so also these teachers oppose(B) the truth. They are men of depraved minds,(C) who, as far as the faith is concerned, are rejected. But they will not get very far because, as in the case of those men,(D) their folly will be clear to everyone.

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16 (A)The nations shall see and be ashamed of all their might;
(B)they shall lay their hands on their mouths;
    their ears shall be deaf;

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16 Nations will see and be ashamed,(A)
    deprived of all their power.
They will put their hands over their mouths(B)
    and their ears will become deaf.

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if you do not make the dream known to me, (A)there is but one sentence for you. You have agreed to speak lying and corrupt words before me till (B)the times change. (C)Therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that you can show me its interpretation.” 10 (D)The Chaldeans answered the king and said, “There is not a man on earth who can meet the king's demand, for no great and powerful king has asked such a thing of any magician or enchanter or (E)Chaldean. 11 The thing that the king asks is difficult, and no one can show it to the king except (F)the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.”

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If you do not tell me the dream, there is only one penalty(A) for you. You have conspired to tell me misleading and wicked things, hoping the situation will change. So then, tell me the dream, and I will know that you can interpret it for me.”(B)

10 The astrologers(C) answered the king, “There is no one on earth who can do what the king asks! No king, however great and mighty, has ever asked such a thing of any magician or enchanter or astrologer.(D) 11 What the king asks is too difficult. No one can reveal it to the king except the gods,(E) and they do not live among humans.”

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22 And (A)you shall do as I have done; (B)you shall not cover your lips, (C)nor eat the bread of men.

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22 And you will do as I have done. You will not cover your mustache and beard(A) or eat the customary food of mourners.(B)

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We do not see our (A)signs;
    (B)there is no longer any prophet,
    and there is none among us who knows how long.

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We are given no signs from God;(A)
    no prophets(B) are left,
    and none of us knows how long this will be.

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