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15 It is a day of the wrath of God poured out; it is a day of terrible distress and anguish, a day of ruin and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom, of clouds, blackness, 16 trumpet calls, and battle cries; down go the walled cities and strongest battlements!

17 “I will make you as helpless as a blind man searching for a path because you have sinned against the Lord; therefore, your blood will be poured out into the dust and your bodies will lie there rotting on the ground.”

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15 That day will be a day of wrath—
    a day of distress and anguish,
        a day of trouble and ruin,
    a day of darkness(A) and gloom,
        a day of clouds and blackness(B)
16     a day of trumpet and battle cry(C)
against the fortified cities
    and against the corner towers.(D)

17 “I will bring such distress(E) on all people
    that they will grope about like those who are blind,(F)
    because they have sinned against the Lord.
Their blood will be poured out(G) like dust
    and their entrails like dung.(H)

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