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13 So my people will go into exile far away
    because they do not know me.
Those who are great and honored will starve,
    and the common people will die of thirst.
14 The grave[a] is licking its lips in anticipation,
    opening its mouth wide.
The great and the lowly
    and all the drunken mob will be swallowed up.
15 Humanity will be destroyed, and people brought down;
    even the arrogant will lower their eyes in humiliation.

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  1. 5:14 Hebrew Sheol.

13 Therefore my people will go into exile(A)
    for lack of understanding;(B)
those of high rank(C) will die of hunger
    and the common people will be parched with thirst.(D)
14 Therefore Death(E) expands its jaws,
    opening wide its mouth;(F)
into it will descend their nobles and masses
    with all their brawlers and revelers.(G)
15 So people will be brought low(H)
    and everyone humbled,(I)
    the eyes of the arrogant(J) humbled.

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