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16 Give honour to the Lord your God,
    before it is too late.
Do it before he makes everywhere become dark.
Then you will fall down,
    like someone who walks on the mountains at night.
You may hope for light to come,
    but God will make it completely dark.[a]
17 If you refuse to listen to God's message,
    I will hide myself and I will weep.
Because you are so proud,
    tears will pour from my eyes.
I will cry because the Lord has sent his own people away
    as prisoners to a foreign land.

18 Tell the king and his mother,
    “Come down from your thrones.
Your beautiful crowns will soon fall from your heads.”[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 13:16 They will hope for God to come and rescue them, but he will send them away into exile.
  2. 13:18 This means that they will not continue to rule the people.