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11 (A) I destroyed many of you,
just as I did the cities
    of Sodom and Gomorrah.
You were a burning stick
    I rescued from the fire.
But even then you rejected me.
    I, the Lord, have spoken!

12 Now, Israel, I myself
will deal with you.
    Get ready to face your God!

13 I created the mountains
    and the wind.
I let humans know
    what I am thinking.[a]
I bring darkness at dawn
    and step over hills.
I am the Lord God All-Powerful!

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Footnotes

  1. 4.13 I let … thinking: Or “No one's secret thoughts are hidden from me.”

11 “I overthrew some of you
    as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.(A)
You were like a burning stick(B) snatched from the fire,
    yet you have not returned to me,”
declares the Lord.(C)

12 “Therefore this is what I will do to you, Israel,
    and because I will do this to you, Israel,
    prepare to meet your God.”

13 He who forms the mountains,(D)
    who creates the wind,(E)
    and who reveals his thoughts(F) to mankind,
who turns dawn to darkness,
    and treads on the heights of the earth(G)
    the Lord God Almighty is his name.(H)

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