19 But You have severely broken us in (A)the place of jackals,
And covered us (B)with the shadow of death.

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19 But you crushed(A) us and made us a haunt for jackals;(B)
    you covered us over with deep darkness.(C)

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May darkness and (A)the shadow of death claim it;
May a cloud settle on it;
May the blackness of the day terrify it.

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May gloom and utter darkness(A) claim it once more;
    may a cloud settle over it;
    may blackness overwhelm it.

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Yea, though I walk through the valley of (A)the shadow of death,
(B)I will fear no evil;
(C)For You are with me;
Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.

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Even though I walk
    through the darkest valley,[a](A)
I will fear no evil,(B)
    for you are with me;(C)
your rod and your staff,
    they comfort me.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 23:4 Or the valley of the shadow of death

17 “Therefore you shall say this word to them:

(A)‘Let my eyes flow with tears night and day,
And let them not cease;
(B)For the virgin daughter of my people
Has been broken with a mighty stroke, with a very severe blow.

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17 “Speak this word to them:

“‘Let my eyes overflow with tears(A)
    night and day without ceasing;
for the Virgin(B) Daughter, my people,
    has suffered a grievous wound,
    a crushing blow.(C)

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Make me hear joy and gladness,
That the bones You have broken (A)may rejoice.

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Let me hear joy and gladness;(A)
    let the bones(B) you have crushed rejoice.

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Fifth Bowl: Darkness and Pain

10 Then the fifth angel poured out his bowl (A)on the throne of the beast, (B)and his kingdom became full of darkness; (C)and they gnawed their tongues because of the pain.

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10 The fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast,(A) and its kingdom was plunged into darkness.(B) People gnawed their tongues in agony

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The Beast from the Earth

11 Then I saw another beast (A)coming up out of the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb and spoke like a dragon. 12 And he exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence, and causes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, (B)whose deadly wound was healed. 13 (C)He performs great signs, (D)so that he even makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men.

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The Beast out of the Earth

11 Then I saw a second beast, coming out of the earth.(A) It had two horns like a lamb, but it spoke like a dragon.(B) 12 It exercised all the authority(C) of the first beast on its behalf,(D) and made the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast,(E) whose fatal wound had been healed.(F) 13 And it performed great signs,(G) even causing fire to come down from heaven(H) to the earth in full view of the people.

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Now the beast which I saw was like a leopard, his feet were like the feet of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. The (A)dragon gave him his power, his throne, and great authority.

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The beast I saw resembled a leopard,(A) but had feet like those of a bear(B) and a mouth like that of a lion.(C) The dragon gave the beast his power and his throne and great authority.(D)

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So (A)the great dragon was cast out, (B)that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, (C)who deceives the whole world; (D)he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

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The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent(A) called the devil,(B) or Satan,(C) who leads the whole world astray.(D) He was hurled to the earth,(E) and his angels with him.

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16 (A)The people who sat in darkness have seen a great light,
And upon those who sat in the region and shadow of death
Light has dawned.”

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16 the people living in darkness
    have seen a great light;
on those living in the land of the shadow of death
    a light has dawned.”[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 4:16 Isaiah 9:1,2

Speak, and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God:

(A)“Behold, I am against you,
O Pharaoh king of Egypt,
O great (B)monster who lies in the midst of his rivers,
(C)Who has said, ‘My [a]River is my own;
I have made it for myself.’

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 29:3 The Nile

Speak to him and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“‘I am against you, Pharaoh(A) king of Egypt,
    you great monster(B) lying among your streams.
You say, “The Nile(C) belongs to me;
    I made it for myself.”

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The parched ground shall become a pool,
And the thirsty land springs of water;
In (A)the habitation of jackals, where each lay,
There shall be grass with reeds and rushes.

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The burning sand will become a pool,
    the thirsty ground(A) bubbling springs.(B)
In the haunts where jackals(C) once lay,
    grass and reeds(D) and papyrus will grow.

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13 And (A)thorns shall come up in its palaces,
Nettles and brambles in its fortresses;
(B)It shall be a habitation of jackals,
A courtyard for ostriches.
14 The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the [a]jackals,
And the wild goat shall bleat to its companion;
Also [b]the night creature shall rest there,
And find for herself a place of rest.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 34:14 Lit. howling creatures
  2. Isaiah 34:14 Heb. lilith

13 Thorns(A) will overrun her citadels,
    nettles and brambles her strongholds.(B)
She will become a haunt for jackals,(C)
    a home for owls.(D)
14 Desert creatures(E) will meet with hyenas,(F)
    and wild goats will bleat to each other;
there the night creatures(G) will also lie down
    and find for themselves places of rest.

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