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17 All hands will hang without strength, and all knees will be as weak as water. 18 They will dress themselves in cloth made from hair. Much fear will cover them. Shame will be upon all faces, and the hair will be cut from all their heads. 19 They will throw their silver into the streets, and their gold will become an unclean thing. Their silver and gold will not be able to help them in the day of the Lord’s anger. They cannot stop their hunger or fill their stomachs with it. For riches have been the cause of their falling into sin.

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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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