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23 They will wreak slaughter, for the land is filled with bloodshed and the city with violence.(A) 24 I will bring in the worst of the nations to take possession of their houses. I will put an end to their proud strength,[a] and their sanctuaries will be defiled.(B) 25 When anguish comes, they will seek peace, but there is none.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 7:24 Proud strength: misplaced trust in the might and power of their kings and army. Cf. v. 22; 33:28 and related ideas in Is 2:12; 10:12; 13:11; Jer 48:29; Ez 24:21; 30:18.

23 “‘Prepare chains!
    For the land is full of bloodshed,(A)
    and the city is full of violence.(B)
24 I will bring the most wicked of nations
    to take possession of their houses.
I will put an end to the pride of the mighty,
    and their sanctuaries(C) will be desecrated.(D)
25 When terror comes,
    they will seek peace in vain.(E)

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