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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 Your shepherds have fallen asleep, king of Assyria!
        Your officials are lying down.
Your people are scattered across the mountains;
        there is no one to gather them.
19 There is no remedy for your injury;
        your wound is grievous.
All who hear the news about you clap their hands over you.
        Who has not suffered from your continual cruelty?

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