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18 And whoever runs from the sound of terror will only fall into a pit;
    when he climbs out of the pit, he’ll run and be caught in a trap.
The sky above will open up
    and the ground below will quake—nothing will be safe.
19 The earth is broken and shattered and splits apart.
    It shakes and quakes violently.
20 Like a drunk, the earth staggers and reels;
    it shudders and shakes, like a shack in the wind.
For its rebellion weighs so heavily on it, that it will fall
    and have no chance for repair.

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18 Whoever flees(A) at the sound of terror
    will fall into a pit;(B)
whoever climbs out of the pit
    will be caught in a snare.(C)

The floodgates of the heavens(D) are opened,
    the foundations of the earth shake.(E)
19 The earth is broken up,(F)
    the earth is split asunder,(G)
    the earth is violently shaken.
20 The earth reels like a drunkard,(H)
    it sways like a hut(I) in the wind;
so heavy upon it is the guilt of its rebellion(J)
    that it falls(K)—never to rise again.(L)

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