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29 Her wisest ladies answer her.
    And here’s what she keeps saying to herself.
30 She says, ‘They must be finding riches to bring back.
    They must be dividing them up.
Each man is getting a woman or two.
    They are giving colorful clothes to Sisera.
    The clothes are very beautiful.
He will bring some for me to wear.
    The men must be finding many things to bring home.’

31 Lord, may all your enemies be destroyed.
    But may all who love you be like the morning sun.
    May they be like the sun when it shines the brightest.”

So the land was at peace for 40 years.

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29 The wisest of her ladies answer her;
    indeed, she keeps saying to herself,
30 ‘Are they not finding and dividing the spoils:(A)
    a woman or two for each man,
colorful garments as plunder for Sisera,
    colorful garments embroidered,
highly embroidered garments(B) for my neck—
    all this as plunder?(C)

31 “So may all your enemies perish,(D) Lord!
    But may all who love you be like the sun(E)
    when it rises in its strength.”(F)

Then the land had peace(G) forty years.

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