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16 Anyone who survives will escape into the hills, like doves who leave the valleys to find safety.

All of you will moan[a] because of your sins. 17 Your hands will tremble, and your knees go limp. 18 You will put on sackcloth[b] to show your sorrow, but terror will overpower you. Shame will be written all over your faces, and you will shave your heads in despair.

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Footnotes

  1. 7.16 will moan: Hebrew; two ancient translations “will die.”
  2. 7.18 sackcloth: A rough, dark-colored cloth made from goat or camel hair and used to make grain sacks. It was worn in times of trouble or sorrow.

16 The fugitives(A) who escape
    will flee to the mountains.
Like doves(B) of the valleys,
    they will all moan,
    each for their own sins.(C)
17 Every hand will go limp;(D)
    every leg will be wet with urine.(E)
18 They will put on sackcloth(F)
    and be clothed with terror.(G)
Every face will be covered with shame,
    and every head will be shaved.(H)

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