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15 They will lose all courage
    and stumble with fear.
My slaughtering sword
is waiting at every gate,
    flashing and ready to kill.[a]
16 It will slash right and left,
    wherever the blade is pointed.
17 Then I will stop being angry,
and I will clap my hands
    in victory.
I, the Lord, have spoken.

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Footnotes

  1. 21.15 My slaughtering sword … ready to kill: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.

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