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23 The ·ropes on your boats [L ropes; cords] hang loose [C perhaps referring to the enemy ships or metaphorically to Judah].
    The mast is not held firm.
    The sails are not spread open.
Then ·your great wealth [an abundance of plunder] will be divided.
    ·There will be so much wealth that even the crippled people will carry off a share [L Even the lame will take the prey].
24 No one living in ·Jerusalem [L Zion; 1:27] will say, “I am sick.”
    The people who live there will have their sins forgiven.

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23 Your rigging hangs loose:
    The mast is not held secure,
    the sail is not spread.
Then an abundance of spoils will be divided
    and even the lame(A) will carry off plunder.(B)
24 No one living in Zion will say, “I am ill”;(C)
    and the sins of those who dwell there will be forgiven.(D)

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