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People will lose their courage. Fear will make them weak. Everyone will be afraid. They will stare at each other with shock on their faces. Fear will grip them like the pains of a woman in childbirth.

God’s Judgment Against Babylon

Look, the Lord’s special day is coming! It will be a terrible day. God will be very angry. He will destroy the country and wipe out the sinful people who live there.

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Because of this, all hands will go limp,(A)
    every heart will melt with fear.(B)
Terror(C) will seize them,
    pain and anguish will grip(D) them;
    they will writhe like a woman in labor.(E)
They will look aghast at each other,
    their faces aflame.(F)

See, the day(G) of the Lord is coming
    —a cruel(H) day, with wrath(I) and fierce anger(J)
to make the land desolate
    and destroy the sinners within it.

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