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13 Is it not the will of the All-powerful Lord that people work for what will burn up and nations make themselves tired for nothing? 14 For the earth will be filled with knowing of the Lord’s shining-greatness, as the waters cover the sea.

15 “It is bad for him who makes his neighbors drink, mixing in his poison to make them drunk, so he can look on their shame!

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13 Has not the Lord Almighty determined
    that the people’s labor is only fuel for the fire,(A)
    that the nations exhaust themselves for nothing?(B)
14 For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory(C) of the Lord
    as the waters cover the sea.(D)

15 “Woe to him who gives drink(E) to his neighbors,
    pouring it from the wineskin till they are drunk,
    so that he can gaze on their naked bodies!

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