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19 Dry weather and heat take away the water from the snow, just as the place of the dead takes away those who have sinned. 20 A mother will forget him. The worm is pleased to eat him until he is remembered no more. Sin will be broken like a tree. 21 He does wrong to the woman who cannot give birth. And he does no good for the woman whose husband has died.

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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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