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17 The Light of Israel [C God], will be like a fire;
    the Holy One [1:4] will be like a flame.
He will be like a fire
    that ·suddenly [L in one day] burns and ·consumes [devours] the weeds and thorns.
18 The fire burns away the ·great [glorious] trees and rich farmlands,
    destroying everything.
    It will be like a sick person who wastes away.
19 The trees left standing will be so few
    that even a child could count them.

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17 The Light of Israel will become a fire,(A)
    their Holy One(B) a flame;
in a single day it will burn and consume
    his thorns(C) and his briers.(D)
18 The splendor of his forests(E) and fertile fields
    it will completely destroy,(F)
    as when a sick person wastes away.
19 And the remaining trees of his forests(G) will be so few(H)
    that a child could write them down.

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