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12 Listen to the many people!
    They are crying loud like the noise from the sea.
Listen to the noise!
    The crying is like the crashing of great waves.
13 The people roar like those waves.
    But when God speaks harshly to them, they will run away.
They will be like chaff on the hills being blown by the wind.
    They will be like tumbleweeds blown away by a storm.
14 At night the people will be very frightened.
    Before morning, no one will be left.
So our enemies will come to our land,
    but they will become nothing.

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12 Woe to the many nations that rage(A)
    they rage like the raging sea!(B)
Woe to the peoples who roar(C)
    they roar like the roaring of great waters!(D)
13 Although the peoples roar(E) like the roar of surging waters,
    when he rebukes(F) them they flee(G) far away,
driven before the wind like chaff(H) on the hills,
    like tumbleweed before a gale.(I)
14 In the evening, sudden(J) terror!(K)
    Before the morning, they are gone!(L)
This is the portion of those who loot us,
    the lot of those who plunder us.

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