10 “I will cut off all the horns of the wicked,(A)
but the horns of the righteous will be lifted up.”(B)

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10 who says, “I will cut off the horns of all the wicked,
    but the horns of the righteous will be lifted up.”(A)

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ג Gimel

He has cut off every horn(A) of Israel
in his burning anger
and withdrawn his right hand(B)
in the presence of the enemy.
He has blazed against Jacob like a flaming fire
that consumes everything.(C)

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In fierce anger he has cut off
    every horn[a][b](A) of Israel.
He has withdrawn his right hand(B)
    at the approach of the enemy.
He has burned in Jacob like a flaming fire
    that consumes everything around it.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 2:3 Or off / all the strength; or every king
  2. Lamentations 2:3 Horn here symbolizes strength.

14 I will punish the altars of Bethel(A)
on the day I punish Israel for its crimes;
the horns of the altar(B) will be cut off
and fall to the ground.(C)

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14 “On the day I punish(A) Israel for her sins,
    I will destroy the altars of Bethel;(B)
the horns(C) of the altar will be cut off
    and fall to the ground.

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