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13 Do not enter the city gate of my people
    in their time of trouble
or laugh at their problems
    in their time of trouble.
Do not take their treasures
    in their time of trouble.
14 Do not stand at the crossroads
    to destroy those who are trying to escape.
Do not capture those who escape alive and turn them over to their enemy
    in their time of trouble.

The Nations Will Be Judged

15 “The Lord’s day of judging is coming soon
    to all the nations.
The same evil things you did to other people
    will happen to you;
    they will come back upon your own head.

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13 You should not march through the gates of my people
    in the day of their disaster,
nor gloat over them in their calamity(A)
    in the day of their disaster,
nor seize their wealth
    in the day of their disaster.
14 You should not wait at the crossroads
    to cut down their fugitives,(B)
nor hand over their survivors
    in the day of their trouble.

15 “The day of the Lord is near(C)
    for all nations.
As you have done, it will be done to you;
    your deeds(D) will return upon your own head.

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