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17 Their hands will be weak. Their knees will shake. 18 They will wear sackcloth. They will be very afraid. Their faces will show that they are ashamed. They will cut all the hair from their heads. 19 They will throw their silver away in the streets. They will think that their gold has no value, like dirt. Their silver and their gold will not be able to save them on the day of the Lord's great anger. When they are hungry, their money will not buy them any food. It is their riches that have caused them to do wicked things.

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17 Every hand will go limp;(A)
    every leg will be wet with urine.(B)
18 They will put on sackcloth(C)
    and be clothed with terror.(D)
Every face will be covered with shame,
    and every head will be shaved.(E)

19 “‘They will throw their silver into the streets,(F)
    and their gold will be treated as a thing unclean.
Their silver and gold
    will not be able to deliver them
    in the day of the Lord’s wrath.(G)
It will not satisfy(H) their hunger
    or fill their stomachs,
    for it has caused them to stumble(I) into sin.(J)

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