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24 They will be starved by famine,
    and consumed by plague and bitter destruction;
I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them,
    with the poison of crawling creatures in the dust.
25 The sword outside and terror within will destroy both the young man and the virgin,
    the infant along with the man of gray hair.
26 I said, “I want to cut them into pieces,
    I will cause the memory of them to disappear from among men,”

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24 I will send wasting famine(A) against them,
    consuming pestilence(B) and deadly plague;(C)
I will send against them the fangs of wild beasts,(D)
    the venom of vipers(E) that glide in the dust.(F)
25 In the street the sword will make them childless;
    in their homes terror(G) will reign.(H)
The young men and young women will perish,
    the infants and those with gray hair.(I)
26 I said I would scatter(J) them
    and erase their name from human memory,(K)

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