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18 In the same way, we had pain.
    We gave birth, but only to wind.
We don’t bring salvation to the land
    or make new people for the world.
19 Your people have died, but they will live again;
    their bodies will rise from death.
You who lie in the ground,
    wake up and be happy!
The dew covering you is like the dew of a new day;
    the ground will give birth to the dead.

Judgment: Reward or Punishment

20 My people, go into your rooms
    and shut your doors behind you.
Hide in your rooms for a short time
    until God’s anger is finished.

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18 We were with child, we writhed in labor,
    but we gave birth(A) to wind.
We have not brought salvation(B) to the earth,
    and the people of the world have not come to life.(C)

19 But your dead(D) will live, Lord;
    their bodies will rise—
let those who dwell in the dust(E)
    wake up and shout for joy—
your dew(F) is like the dew of the morning;
    the earth will give birth to her dead.(G)

20 Go, my people, enter your rooms
    and shut the doors(H) behind you;
hide(I) yourselves for a little while
    until his wrath(J) has passed by.(K)

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