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36 Those who do not find me hurt themselves;
    anyone who hates me loves death.”

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36 But those who fail to find me harm themselves;(A)
    all who hate me love death.”(B)

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15 (A)You boast that you have made a treaty with death and reached an agreement with the world of the dead. You are certain that disaster will spare you when it comes, because you depend on lies and deceit to keep you safe.

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15 You boast, “We have entered into a covenant with death,(A)
    with the realm of the dead we have made an agreement.
When an overwhelming scourge sweeps by,(B)
    it cannot touch us,
for we have made a lie(C) our refuge
    and falsehood[a] our hiding place.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 28:15 Or false gods

12 Remember that death is coming for you some day, and you haven't been told when that will be.

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