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30 The firstborn of the poor will feed,
and the needy will lie down in safety.
I will kill your root with famine,
and your survivors will be slain.
31 Wail, O gate! Cry, O city!
Melt away, all you of Philistia!
For smoke is coming from the north,
and there is no straggler in its ranks.

32 What will they answer the messengers of the nation?
For Adonai has founded Zion,
    and the afflicted of His people will find refuge in her.

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