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20 That every heart may tremble;
    for many will be made to stumble.
At all their gates
    I have stationed the sword for slaughter,
Made it flash lightning,
    drawn for slaughter.
21 Slash to the right!
    turn to the left,
    Wherever your edge is directed!(A)
22 Then I, too, shall clap my hands,[a]
    and spend my fury.
I, the Lord, have spoken.

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Footnotes

  1. 21:22 Clap my hands: the Lord declares himself no longer responsible for Judah; cf. 22:13; Nm 24:10; Jb 27:23; Lam 2:15.