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Ask this question, and consider it:
    A man cannot have a baby.
So why do I see every strong man
    holding his stomach in pain like a woman having a baby?
    Why is everyone’s face turning white like a dead man’s face?
This will be a terrible day!
    There will never be another time like this.
This is a time of great trouble for the people of Jacob,
    but they will be saved from it.”

The Lord All-Powerful says, “At that time
    I will break the yoke from their necks
and tear off the ropes that hold them.
    Foreign people will never again make my people slaves.

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Ask and see:
    Can a man bear children?
Then why do I see every strong man
    with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor,(A)
    every face turned deathly pale?(B)
How awful that day(C) will be!
    No other will be like it.
It will be a time of trouble(D) for Jacob,
    but he will be saved(E) out of it.

“‘In that day,’ declares the Lord Almighty,
    ‘I will break the yoke(F) off their necks
and will tear off their bonds;(G)
    no longer will foreigners enslave them.(H)

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