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16 If their survivors flee, they will die on the mountains, moaning like doves of the valley on account of their guilt. 17 All their hands will hang limp, and all their knees[a] turn to water.(A) 18 (B)They put on sackcloth, horror clothes them; shame is on all their faces, all their heads are shaved bald.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 7:17 Hands…knees: image of profound terror; loss of control of body movement and functions.
  2. 7:18 Shaved bald: shaving the head was a sign of mourning.

16 The fugitives(A) who escape
    will flee to the mountains.
Like doves(B) of the valleys,
    they will all moan,
    each for their own sins.(C)
17 Every hand will go limp;(D)
    every leg will be wet with urine.(E)
18 They will put on sackcloth(F)
    and be clothed with terror.(G)
Every face will be covered with shame,
    and every head will be shaved.(H)

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