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17 They keep saying to those who scorn God’s message,
        “All will go well for you,”
    and to those who follow their own willful hearts,
        “Nothing bad will happen to you.”
18 But who has stood in the Lord’s council
    to listen to God’s word?
        Who has paid attention to his word and announced it?
19 Look! The Lord’s angry storm breaks out;
    it whirls around the heads of the wicked.

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17 They keep saying(A) to those who despise me,
    ‘The Lord says: You will have peace.’(B)
And to all who follow the stubbornness(C) of their hearts
    they say, ‘No harm(D) will come to you.’
18 But which of them has stood in the council(E) of the Lord
    to see or to hear his word?
    Who has listened and heard his word?
19 See, the storm(F) of the Lord
    will burst out in wrath,
a whirlwind(G) swirling down
    on the heads of the wicked.

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