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But he shall judge the poor with justice,
    and decide fairly for the land’s afflicted.(A)
He shall strike the ruthless with the rod of his mouth,
    and with the breath of his lips he shall slay the wicked.(B)

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15 Out of his mouth came a sharp sword to strike the nations. He will rule them with an iron rod, and he himself will tread out in the wine press[a] the wine of the fury and wrath of God the almighty.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 19:15 The treading of the wine press is a prophetic symbol used to describe the destruction of God’s enemies; cf. Is 63:1–6; Jl 4:13.