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15 chase them with your fierce storm;
    terrify them with your tempest.

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15 so pursue them with your tempest(A)
    and terrify them with your storm.(B)

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17 For he attacks me with a storm
    and repeatedly wounds me without cause.

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17 He would crush me(A) with a storm(B)
    and multiply(C) my wounds for no reason.(D)

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God will sweep them away, both young and old,
    faster than a pot heats over burning thorns.

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Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns(A)
    whether they be green or dry—the wicked will be swept away.[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 58:9 The meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.

18 You have not come to a physical mountain,[a] to a place of flaming fire, darkness, gloom, and whirlwind, as the Israelites did at Mount Sinai.

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  1. 12:18 Greek to something that can be touched.

The Mountain of Fear and the Mountain of Joy

18 You have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom and storm;(A)

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27 When the rains and floods come and the winds beat against that house, it will collapse with a mighty crash.”

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27 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.”

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11 Tell these whitewashers that their wall will soon fall down. A heavy rainstorm will undermine it; great hailstones and mighty winds will knock it down. 12 And when the wall falls, the people will cry out, ‘What happened to your whitewash?’

13 “Therefore, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will sweep away your whitewashed wall with a storm of indignation, with a great flood of anger, and with hailstones of fury. 14 I will break down your wall right to its foundation, and when it falls, it will crush you. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

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11 therefore tell those who cover it with whitewash that it is going to fall. Rain will come in torrents, and I will send hailstones(A) hurtling down,(B) and violent winds will burst forth.(C) 12 When the wall collapses, will people not ask you, “Where is the whitewash you covered it with?”

13 “‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: In my wrath I will unleash a violent wind, and in my anger hailstones(D) and torrents of rain(E) will fall with destructive fury.(F) 14 I will tear down the wall(G) you have covered with whitewash and will level it to the ground so that its foundation(H) will be laid bare. When it[a] falls,(I) you will be destroyed in it; and you will know that I am the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 13:14 Or the city

30 And the Lord will make his majestic voice heard.
    He will display the strength of his mighty arm.
It will descend with devouring flames,
    with cloudbursts, thunderstorms, and huge hailstones.

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30 The Lord will cause people to hear his majestic voice(A)
    and will make them see his arm(B) coming down
with raging anger(C) and consuming fire,(D)
    with cloudburst, thunderstorm(E) and hail.(F)

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17 I will test you with the measuring line of justice
    and the plumb line of righteousness.
Since your refuge is made of lies,
    a hailstorm will knock it down.
Since it is made of deception,
    a flood will sweep it away.

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17 I will make justice(A) the measuring line
    and righteousness the plumb line;(B)
hail(C) will sweep away your refuge, the lie,
    and water will overflow(D) your hiding place.

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Our God approaches,
    and he is not silent.
Fire devours everything in his way,
    and a great storm rages around him.

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Our God comes(A)
    and will not be silent;(B)
a fire devours(C) before him,(D)
    and around him a tempest(E) rages.

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He will rain down blazing coals and burning sulfur on the wicked,
    punishing them with scorching winds.

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On the wicked he will rain
    fiery coals and burning sulfur;(A)
    a scorching wind(B) will be their lot.

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20 Terror overwhelms them like a flood,
    and they are blown away in the storms of the night.
21 The east wind carries them away, and they are gone.
    It sweeps them away.
22 It whirls down on them without mercy.
    They struggle to flee from its power.
23 But everyone jeers at them
    and mocks them.

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20 Terrors(A) overtake him like a flood;(B)
    a tempest snatches him away in the night.(C)
21 The east wind(D) carries him off, and he is gone;(E)
    it sweeps him out of his place.(F)
22 It hurls itself against him without mercy(G)
    as he flees headlong(H) from its power.(I)
23 It claps its hands(J) in derision
    and hisses him out of his place.”(K)

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