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11 When in it they spread out their hands
    as swimmers spread out their hands to swim,
    God will lay low their pride, even by the efforts of their hands.
12 The fortified towers of their[a] walls
    will be thrown down, will be leveled,
    will be brought down to the earth, to the dust.

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  1. Isaiah 25:12 Or your

11 They will stretch out their hands in it,
    as swimmers stretch out their hands to swim.
God will bring down(A) their pride(B)
    despite the cleverness[a] of their hands.
12 He will bring down your high fortified walls(C)
    and lay them low;(D)
he will bring them down to the ground,
    to the very dust.

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  1. Isaiah 25:11 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.