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17 He loved to curse; let curses come on him.
    He did not like blessing; may it be far from him.(A)

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17 He loved to pronounce a curse—
    may it come back on him.(A)
He found no pleasure in blessing—
    may it be far from him.

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14 The perverse get what their ways deserve,
    and the good, what their deeds deserve.[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 14.14 Cn: Heb from upon him

14 The faithless will be fully repaid for their ways,(A)
    and the good rewarded for theirs.(B)

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For the judgment you give will be the judgment you get, and the measure you give will be the measure you get.

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For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.(A)

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therefore, as I live, says the Lord God, I will make you bloody, and blood shall pursue you; since you did not hate bloodshed, bloodshed will pursue you.

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therefore as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, I will give you over to bloodshed(A) and it will pursue you.(B) Since you did not hate bloodshed, bloodshed will pursue you.

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You love all words that devour,
    O deceitful tongue.(A)

But God will break you down forever;
    he will snatch and tear you from your tent;
    he will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah(B)

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You love every harmful word,
    you deceitful tongue!(A)

Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin:
    He will snatch you up and pluck(B) you from your tent;
    he will uproot(C) you from the land of the living.(D)

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because they shed the blood of saints and prophets,
    you have given them blood to drink.
It is what they deserve!”

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for they have shed the blood of your holy people and your prophets,(A)
    and you have given them blood to drink(B) as they deserve.”

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10 and every kind of wicked deception for those who are perishing because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.(A) 11 For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion, leading them to believe what is false,(B)

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10 and all the ways that wickedness deceives those who are perishing.(A) They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.(B) 11 For this reason God sends them(C) a powerful delusion(D) so that they will believe the lie(E)

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12 For the sin of their mouths, the words of their lips,
    let them be trapped in their pride.
For the cursing and lies that they utter,(A)
13     consume them in wrath;
    consume them until they are no more.
Then it will be known to the ends of the earth
    that God rules over Jacob. Selah(B)

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12 For the sins of their mouths,(A)
    for the words of their lips,(B)
    let them be caught in their pride.(C)
For the curses and lies they utter,
13     consume them in your wrath,
    consume them till they are no more.(D)
Then it will be known to the ends of the earth
    that God rules over Jacob.(E)

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