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19 Heat and dryness quickly take away the melted snow.
    In the same way, the place for the dead quickly takes away those who have sinned.
20 The evil person’s mother will even forget him.
    The worms will eat his body.
He will no longer be remembered.
    So wickedness is broken in pieces like a stick.
21 These evil men are unfair to women who cannot have children.
    And they show no kindness to widows.

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19 As heat and drought snatch away the melted snow,(A)
    so the grave(B) snatches away those who have sinned.
20 The womb forgets them,
    the worm(C) feasts on them;(D)
the wicked are no longer remembered(E)
    but are broken like a tree.(F)
21 They prey on the barren and childless woman,
    and to the widow they show no kindness.(G)

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