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36 But when I looked again, they were gone!
    Though I searched for them, I could not find them!

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36 but he soon passed away and was no more;
    though I looked for him, he could not be found.(A)

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10 Soon the wicked will disappear.
    Though you look for them, they will be gone.

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10 A little while, and the wicked will be no more;(A)
    though you look for them, they will not be found.

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22 The people gave him a great ovation, shouting, “It’s the voice of a god, not of a man!”

23 Instantly, an angel of the Lord struck Herod with a sickness, because he accepted the people’s worship instead of giving the glory to God. So he was consumed with worms and died.

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22 They shouted, “This is the voice of a god, not of a man.” 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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33 But look! The Lord, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies,
    will chop down the mighty tree of Assyria with great power!
He will cut down the proud.
    That lofty tree will be brought down.
34 He will cut down the forest trees with an ax.
    Lebanon will fall to the Mighty One.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 10:34 Or with an ax / as even the mighty trees of Lebanon fall.

33 See, the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
    will lop off(A) the boughs with great power.
The lofty trees will be felled,(B)
    the tall(C) ones will be brought low.(D)
34 He will cut down(E) the forest thickets with an ax;
    Lebanon(F) will fall before the Mighty One.(G)

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16 Therefore, the Lord, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies,
    will send a plague among Assyria’s proud troops,
    and a flaming fire will consume its glory.
17 The Lord, the Light of Israel, will be a fire;
    the Holy One will be a flame.
He will devour the thorns and briers with fire,
    burning up the enemy in a single night.
18 The Lord will consume Assyria’s glory
    like a fire consumes a forest in a fruitful land;
    it will waste away like sick people in a plague.
19 Of all that glorious forest, only a few trees will survive—
    so few that a child could count them!

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16 Therefore, the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
    will send a wasting disease(A) upon his sturdy warriors;(B)
under his pomp(C) a fire(D) will be kindled
    like a blazing flame.
17 The Light of Israel will become a fire,(E)
    their Holy One(F) a flame;
in a single day it will burn and consume
    his thorns(G) and his briers.(H)
18 The splendor of his forests(I) and fertile fields
    it will completely destroy,(J)
    as when a sick person wastes away.
19 And the remaining trees of his forests(K) will be so few(L)
    that a child could write them down.

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19 When Pharaoh’s horses, chariots, and charioteers rushed into the sea, the Lord brought the water crashing down on them. But the people of Israel had walked through the middle of the sea on dry ground!

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19 When Pharaoh’s horses, chariots and horsemen[a] went into the sea,(A) the Lord brought the waters of the sea back over them, but the Israelites walked through the sea on dry ground.(B)

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  1. Exodus 15:19 Or charioteers

the triumph of the wicked has been short lived
    and the joy of the godless has been only temporary?
Though the pride of the godless reaches to the heavens
    and their heads touch the clouds,
yet they will vanish forever,
    thrown away like their own dung.
Those who knew them will ask,
    ‘Where are they?’
They will fade like a dream and not be found.
    They will vanish like a vision in the night.
Those who once saw them will see them no more.
    Their families will never see them again.
10 Their children will beg from the poor,
    for they must give back their stolen riches.
11 Though they are young,
    their bones will lie in the dust.

12 “They enjoyed the sweet taste of wickedness,
    letting it melt under their tongue.
13 They savored it,
    holding it long in their mouths.
14 But suddenly the food in their bellies turns sour,
    a poisonous venom in their stomach.
15 They will vomit the wealth they swallowed.
    God won’t let them keep it down.
16 They will suck the poison of cobras.
    The viper will kill them.
17 They will never again enjoy streams of olive oil
    or rivers of milk and honey.
18 They will give back everything they worked for.
    Their wealth will bring them no joy.
19 For they oppressed the poor and left them destitute.
    They foreclosed on their homes.
20 They were always greedy and never satisfied.
    Nothing remains of all the things they dreamed about.
21 Nothing is left after they finish gorging themselves.
    Therefore, their prosperity will not endure.

22 “In the midst of plenty, they will run into trouble
    and be overcome by misery.
23 May God give them a bellyful of trouble.
    May God rain down his anger upon them.
24 When they try to escape an iron weapon,
    a bronze-tipped arrow will pierce them.
25 The arrow is pulled from their back,
    and the arrowhead glistens with blood.[a]
The terrors of death are upon them.
26     Their treasures will be thrown into deepest darkness.
A wildfire will devour their goods,
    consuming all they have left.
27 The heavens will reveal their guilt,
    and the earth will testify against them.
28 A flood will sweep away their house.
    God’s anger will descend on them in torrents.
29 This is the reward that God gives the wicked.
    It is the inheritance decreed by God.”

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Footnotes

  1. 20:25 Hebrew with gall.

that the mirth of the wicked(A) is brief,
    the joy of the godless(B) lasts but a moment.(C)
Though the pride(D) of the godless person reaches to the heavens(E)
    and his head touches the clouds,(F)
he will perish forever,(G) like his own dung;
    those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’(H)
Like a dream(I) he flies away,(J) no more to be found,
    banished(K) like a vision of the night.(L)
The eye that saw him will not see him again;
    his place will look on him no more.(M)
10 His children(N) must make amends to the poor;
    his own hands must give back his wealth.(O)
11 The youthful vigor(P) that fills his bones(Q)
    will lie with him in the dust.(R)

12 “Though evil(S) is sweet in his mouth
    and he hides it under his tongue,(T)
13 though he cannot bear to let it go
    and lets it linger in his mouth,(U)
14 yet his food will turn sour in his stomach;(V)
    it will become the venom of serpents(W) within him.
15 He will spit out the riches(X) he swallowed;
    God will make his stomach vomit(Y) them up.
16 He will suck the poison(Z) of serpents;
    the fangs of an adder will kill him.(AA)
17 He will not enjoy the streams,
    the rivers(AB) flowing with honey(AC) and cream.(AD)
18 What he toiled for he must give back uneaten;(AE)
    he will not enjoy the profit from his trading.(AF)
19 For he has oppressed the poor(AG) and left them destitute;(AH)
    he has seized houses(AI) he did not build.

20 “Surely he will have no respite from his craving;(AJ)
    he cannot save himself by his treasure.(AK)
21 Nothing is left for him to devour;
    his prosperity will not endure.(AL)
22 In the midst of his plenty, distress will overtake him;(AM)
    the full force of misery will come upon him.(AN)
23 When he has filled his belly,(AO)
    God will vent his burning anger(AP) against him
    and rain down his blows on him.(AQ)
24 Though he flees(AR) from an iron weapon,
    a bronze-tipped arrow pierces him.(AS)
25 He pulls it out of his back,
    the gleaming point out of his liver.
Terrors(AT) will come over him;(AU)
26     total darkness(AV) lies in wait for his treasures.
A fire(AW) unfanned will consume him(AX)
    and devour what is left in his tent.(AY)
27 The heavens will expose his guilt;
    the earth will rise up against him.(AZ)
28 A flood will carry off his house,(BA)
    rushing waters[a] on the day of God’s wrath.(BB)
29 Such is the fate God allots the wicked,
    the heritage appointed for them by God.”(BC)

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  1. Job 20:28 Or The possessions in his house will be carried off, / washed away

“The enemy boasted, ‘I will chase them
    and catch up with them.
I will plunder them
    and consume them.
I will flash my sword;
    my powerful hand will destroy them.’
10 But you blew with your breath,
    and the sea covered them.
They sank like lead
    in the mighty waters.

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The enemy boasted,
    ‘I will pursue,(A) I will overtake them.
I will divide the spoils;(B)
    I will gorge myself on them.
I will draw my sword
    and my hand will destroy them.’
10 But you blew with your breath,(C)
    and the sea covered them.
They sank like lead
    in the mighty waters.(D)

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