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17 All their hands will hang limp, and all their knees[a] turn to water.(A) 18 (B)They put on sackcloth, horror clothes them; shame is on all their faces, all their heads are shaved bald.[b] 19 They fling their silver into the streets, and their gold is considered unclean.(C) Their silver and gold cannot save them on the day of the Lord’s wrath. They cannot satisfy their hunger or fill their bellies, for it has been the occasion of their sin.

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Footnotes

  1. 7:17 Hands…knees: image of profound terror; loss of control of body movement and functions.
  2. 7:18 Shaved bald: shaving the head was a sign of mourning.

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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