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30 While the firstborn of the poor graze
and the needy lie down in safety,
I will kill off your root with famine
and slaughter the rest of you.
31 Howl, gate! Cry, city!
Melt away, P’leshet, all of you!
For a smoke is coming from the north,
with not a straggler in its ranks.
32 And what is one to answer
the messengers of the nation?
That Adonai founded Tziyon,
and there the poor of his people will find refuge.

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30 The poorest of the poor will find pasture,
    and the needy(A) will lie down in safety.(B)
But your root I will destroy by famine;(C)
    it will slay(D) your survivors.(E)

31 Wail,(F) you gate!(G) Howl, you city!
    Melt away, all you Philistines!(H)
A cloud of smoke comes from the north,(I)
    and there is not a straggler in its ranks.(J)
32 What answer shall be given
    to the envoys(K) of that nation?
“The Lord has established Zion,(L)
    and in her his afflicted people will find refuge.(M)

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