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12 Because of the sinful things they say,
    because of the evil that is on their lips,
let them be captured by their pride,
    their curses, and their lies.
13 Destroy them in your anger!
    Wipe them out completely!
Then the whole world will know
    that God reigns in Israel.[a] Interlude

14 My enemies come out at night,
    snarling like vicious dogs
    as they prowl the streets.

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Footnotes

  1. 59:13 Hebrew in Jacob. See note on 44:4.

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)

14 They return at evening,
    snarling like dogs,
    and prowl about the city.

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