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15 Hah! Instead, you have sunk like a stone to where the dead abide.
    You’ve hit bottom of the bottommost pit.
16 People peer down at you from above,
    and their curiosity overflows.

People: Wow, is this the man who once terrorized the world?
        Is he the one who rocked the earth’s kingdoms and threatened us with disaster?
17     Is he the one who turned the bustling cities of the world into a wasteland,
        and never let the prisoners of war go home?

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15 But you are brought down(A) to the realm of the dead,(B)
    to the depths(C) of the pit.(D)

16 Those who see you stare at you,
    they ponder your fate:(E)
“Is this the man who shook(F) the earth
    and made kingdoms tremble,
17 the man who made the world a wilderness,(G)
    who overthrew(H) its cities
    and would not let his captives go home?”(I)

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