20 They are distressed, because they had been confident;
    they arrive there, only to be disappointed.(A)

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20 They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.

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20 They are (A)disappointed[a] because they were confident;
They come there and are confused.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 6:20 Lit. ashamed

16 Therefore this is what the Lord, the Lord God Almighty, says:

“There will be wailing(A) in all the streets(B)
    and cries of anguish in every public square.
The farmers(C) will be summoned to weep
    and the mourners to wail.

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16 Therefore the Lord, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.

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The Day of the Lord

16 Therefore the Lord God of hosts, the Lord, says this:

There shall be wailing in all streets,
And they shall say in all the highways,
‘Alas! Alas!’
They shall call the farmer to mourning,
(A)And skillful lamenters to wailing.

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