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People will be weak with fear,
    and their courage will melt away.
Everyone will be afraid.
    Pain and hurt will grab them;
    they will hurt like a woman giving birth to a baby.
They will look at each other in fear,
    with their faces red like fire.

God’s Judgment Against Babylon

Look, the Lord’s day of judging is coming—
    a terrible day, a day of God’s anger.
He will destroy the land
    and the sinners who live in it.

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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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