24 If he flees from an iron weapon,
an arrow from a bronze bow will pierce him.

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24 Though he flees(A) from an iron weapon,
    a bronze-tipped arrow pierces him.(B)

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17 Panic, pit, and trap await you(A)
who dwell on the earth.(B)

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17 Terror(A) and pit and snare(B) await you,
    people of the earth.(C)

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If they ask you, ‘Where will we go?’ tell them: This is what the Lord says:

Those destined for death,(A) to death;
those destined for the sword, to the sword.
Those destined for famine, to famine;
those destined for captivity, to captivity.

“I will ordain four kinds[a] of judgment for them”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away,(B) and the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the land(C) to devour and destroy.

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Footnotes

  1. 15:3 Lit families

And if they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’ tell them, ‘This is what the Lord says:

“‘Those destined for death, to death;
those for the sword, to the sword;(A)
those for starvation, to starvation;(B)
those for captivity, to captivity.’(C)

“I will send four kinds of destroyers(D) against them,” declares the Lord, “the sword(E) to kill and the dogs(F) to drag away and the birds(G) and the wild animals to devour and destroy.(H)

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