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18 We were that woman, laboring to deliver,
    but we gave birth only to futility and emptiness.
We couldn’t deliver the earth, save it, renew it.
    We couldn’t make it teem with life.
19 But Your dead will live; their lifeless bodies will rise up again!
    You who sleep in the dust, get up and shout for joy!
The dew of a new day will wash you glistening fresh,
    and the earth will push forth those who had passed before.

20 O my people, hide in your rooms for a time. Shut the doors behind you
    and hide away until God’s anger has passed.

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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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