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19 Again and again that flood will come and carry you off, until at last the unmixed horror of the truth of my warnings will finally dawn on you.”

20 The bed you have made is far too short to lie on; the blankets are too narrow to cover you. 21 The Lord will come suddenly and in anger, as at Mount Perazim and Gibeon, to do a strange, unusual thing—to destroy his own people!

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19 As often as it comes it will carry you away;(A)
    morning after morning,(B) by day and by night,
    it will sweep through.”

The understanding of this message
    will bring sheer terror.(C)
20 The bed is too short to stretch out on,
    the blanket too narrow to wrap around you.(D)
21 The Lord will rise up as he did at Mount Perazim,(E)
    he will rouse himself as in the Valley of Gibeon(F)
to do his work,(G) his strange work,
    and perform his task, his alien task.

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