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14 This is what Yahweh Elohim Tsebaoth says:

Because you’ve talked like this,
    I’m going to put my words in your mouth like a fire.
        These people will be like wood.
            My words will burn them up.
15 Nation of Israel, I’m going to bring a nation from far away
    to attack you, declares Yahweh.
        It is a nation that has lasted a long time.
        It is an ancient nation.
            You don’t know the language of this nation.
            You can’t understand what its people say.
16 Their arrow quivers are like open graves.
    They are all mighty warriors.

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14 Therefore this is what the Lord God Almighty says:

“Because the people have spoken these words,
    I will make my words in your mouth(A) a fire(B)
    and these people the wood it consumes.(C)
15 People of Israel,” declares the Lord,
    “I am bringing a distant nation(D) against you—
an ancient and enduring nation,
    a people whose language(E) you do not know,
    whose speech you do not understand.
16 Their quivers(F) are like an open grave;
    all of them are mighty warriors.

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