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28 his breath is like an overflowing stream
    that reaches up to the neck;
to sift the nations with the sieve of destruction,
    and to place on the jaws of the peoples a bridle that leads astray.

29 You shall have a song as in the night when a holy feast is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one sets out to the sound of the flute to go to the mountain of the Lord, to the Rock of Israel. 30 And the Lord will cause his majestic voice to be heard and the descending blow of his arm to be seen, in furious anger and a flame of devouring fire, with a cloudburst and tempest and hailstones.

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28 His breath(A) is like a rushing torrent,(B)
    rising up to the neck.(C)
He shakes the nations in the sieve(D) of destruction;
    he places in the jaws of the peoples
    a bit(E) that leads them astray.
29 And you will sing
    as on the night you celebrate a holy festival;(F)
your hearts will rejoice(G)
    as when people playing pipes(H) go up
to the mountain(I) of the Lord,
    to the Rock(J) of Israel.
30 The Lord will cause people to hear his majestic voice(K)
    and will make them see his arm(L) coming down
with raging anger(M) and consuming fire,(N)
    with cloudburst, thunderstorm(O) and hail.(P)

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