You who were full of noise,
You tumultuous town, you (A)jubilant city;
Your dead were (B)not killed with the sword,
Nor [a]did they die in battle.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 22:2 Lit dead in battle

you town so full of commotion,
    you city of tumult(A) and revelry?(B)
Your slain(C) were not killed by the sword,(D)
    nor did they die in battle.

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(A)The Lord of armies has planned it, to (B)defile the pride of all beauty,
To despise all the (C)honored of the earth.

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The Lord Almighty planned(A) it,
    to bring down(B) her pride in all her splendor
    and to humble(C) all who are renowned(D) on the earth.

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