13 Therefore I strike you with a grievous blow,
    (A)making you desolate because of your sins.

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13 Therefore, I have begun to destroy(A) you,
    to ruin[a] you because of your sins.

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  1. Micah 6:13 Or Therefore, I will make you ill and destroy you; / I will ruin

23 Immediately (A)an angel of the Lord struck him down, because (B)he did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and breathed his last.

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23 Immediately, because Herod did not give praise to God, an angel(A) of the Lord struck him down,(B) and he was eaten by worms and died.

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16 [a] Samaria (A)shall bear her guilt,
    because (B)she has rebelled against her God;
they shall fall by the sword;
    (C)their little ones shall be dashed in pieces,
    and their (D)pregnant women ripped open.

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  1. Hosea 13:16 Ch 14:1 in Hebrew

16 The people of Samaria(A) must bear their guilt,(B)
    because they have rebelled(C) against their God.
They will fall by the sword;(D)
    their little ones will be dashed(E) to the ground,
    their pregnant women(F) ripped open.”[a]

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  1. Hosea 13:16 In Hebrew texts this verse (13:16) is numbered 14:1.

17 Some were (A)fools through their sinful ways,
    and because of their iniquities suffered affliction;
18 (B)they loathed any kind of food,
    and they (C)drew near to (D)the gates of death.

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17 Some became fools(A) through their rebellious ways(B)
    and suffered affliction(C) because of their iniquities.
18 They loathed all food(D)
    and drew near the gates of death.(E)

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21 The Lord will make (A)the pestilence stick to you until he has consumed you off the land that you are entering to take possession of it. 22 (B)The Lord will strike you with wasting disease and with fever, inflammation and fiery heat, and with drought[a] and with (C)blight and with mildew. They shall pursue you until you perish.

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  1. Deuteronomy 28:22 Or sword

21 The Lord will plague you with diseases until he has destroyed you from the land you are entering to possess.(A) 22 The Lord will strike you with wasting disease,(B) with fever and inflammation, with scorching heat and drought,(C) with blight(D) and mildew, which will plague(E) you until you perish.(F)

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16 then I will do this to you: I will visit you with panic, with (A)wasting disease and fever that consume the eyes and make the heart ache. And (B)you shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.

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16 then I will do this to you: I will bring on you sudden terror, wasting diseases and fever(A) that will destroy your sight and sap your strength.(B) You will plant seed in vain, because your enemies will eat it.(C)

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Ephraim shall become a desolation
    in the day of punishment;
among the tribes of Israel
    I make known what is sure.

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Ephraim will be laid waste(A)
    on the day of reckoning.(B)
Among the tribes of Israel
    I proclaim what is certain.(C)

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11 (A)he turned aside my steps and (B)tore me to pieces;
    (C)he has made me desolate;

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11 he dragged me from the path and mangled(A) me
    and left me without help.

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13 “From on high he (A)sent fire;
    into my bones[a] he made it descend;
(B)he spread a net for my feet;
    he turned me back;
(C)he has left me stunned,
    faint all the day long.

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  1. Lamentations 1:13 Septuagint; Hebrew bones and

13 “From on high he sent fire,
    sent it down into my bones.(A)
He spread a net(B) for my feet
    and turned me back.
He made me desolate,(C)
    faint(D) all the day long.

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18 (A)If I go out into the field,
    behold, those pierced by the sword!
(B)And if I enter the city,
    behold, the diseases of famine!
(C)For both prophet and priest ply their trade through the land
    and have no knowledge.’”

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18 If I go into the country,
    I see those slain by the sword;
if I go into the city,
    I see the ravages of famine.(A)
Both prophet and priest
    have gone to a land they know not.(B)’”

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11 Then I said, (A)“How long, O Lord?”
And he said:
“Until (B)cities lie waste
    without inhabitant,
and houses without people,
    and the land is a desolate waste,

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11 Then I said, “For how long, Lord?”(A)

And he answered:

“Until the cities lie ruined(B)
    and without inhabitant,
until the houses are left deserted(C)
    and the fields ruined and ravaged,(D)

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Why will you still be (A)struck down?
    Why will you (B)continue to rebel?
The whole head is sick,
    and the whole heart faint.
(C)From the sole of the foot even to the head,
    there is no soundness in it,
but bruises and sores
    and raw wounds;
they are (D)not pressed out or bound up
    or softened with oil.

(E)Your country lies desolate;
    your cities are burned with fire;
in your very presence
    foreigners devour your land;
    it is desolate, as overthrown by foreigners.

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Why should you be beaten(A) anymore?
    Why do you persist(B) in rebellion?(C)
Your whole head is injured,
    your whole heart(D) afflicted.(E)
From the sole of your foot to the top of your head(F)
    there is no soundness(G)
only wounds and welts(H)
    and open sores,
not cleansed or bandaged(I)
    or soothed with olive oil.(J)

Your country is desolate,(K)
    your cities burned with fire;(L)
your fields are being stripped by foreigners(M)
    right before you,
    laid waste as when overthrown by strangers.(N)

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19 “Man is also rebuked with pain on his bed
    and with continual strife in his (A)bones,
20 so that his (B)life loathes bread,
    and his appetite (C)the choicest food.
21 His flesh is so wasted away that it cannot be seen,
    and his bones that were not seen (D)stick out.
22 His soul draws near (E)the pit,
    and his life to (F)those who bring death.

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19 “Or someone may be chastened(A) on a bed of pain(B)
    with constant distress in their bones,(C)
20 so that their body finds food(D) repulsive
    and their soul loathes the choicest meal.(E)
21 Their flesh wastes away to nothing,
    and their bones,(F) once hidden, now stick out.(G)
22 They draw near to the pit,(H)
    and their life to the messengers of death.[a](I)

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  1. Job 33:22 Or to the place of the dead