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17 Terror and the captivity of hell are still your lot, O men of the world. 18 When you flee in terror, you will fall into a pit, and if you escape from the pit, you will step into a trap, for destruction falls from the heavens upon you; the world is shaken beneath you. 19 The earth has broken down in utter collapse; everything is lost, abandoned, and confused.

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17 Terror(A) and pit and snare(B) await you,
    people of the earth.(C)
18 Whoever flees(D) at the sound of terror
    will fall into a pit;(E)
whoever climbs out of the pit
    will be caught in a snare.(F)

The floodgates of the heavens(G) are opened,
    the foundations of the earth shake.(H)
19 The earth is broken up,(I)
    the earth is split asunder,(J)
    the earth is violently shaken.

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