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18 Your shepherds are (A)sleeping, O (B)king of Assyria;
Your (C)mighty ones are [a]lying down.
Your people are (D)scattered on the mountains,
And there is no one to regather them.
19 There is (E)no relief for your breakdown,
Your (F)wound is incurable.
All who hear the report about you
Will (G)clap their hands over you,
For on whom has not your evil passed continually?

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  1. Nahum 3:18 Lit dwelling

18 King of Assyria, your shepherds[a] slumber;(A)
    your nobles lie down to rest.(B)
Your people are scattered(C) on the mountains
    with no one to gather them.
19 Nothing can heal you;(D)
    your wound is fatal.
All who hear the news about you
    clap their hands(E) at your fall,
for who has not felt
    your endless cruelty?(F)

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  1. Nahum 3:18 That is, rulers