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18 Your mind will then meditate on the terror.
    “Where is the man who did the counting?
Where is the man who weighed the tribute?
    Where is the man who counted the towers?”
19 No longer will you encounter the insolent people,
    those who employ an obscure speech
    that you cannot understand
and who stammer in a language
    that you are unable to comprehend.
20 Gaze upon Zion,
    the city of our sacred feasts.
Your eyes will behold Jerusalem as a quiet abode,
    as a tent that will not be moved,
whose stakes will never be pulled up
    and none of whose ropes will be broken.

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18 In your thoughts you will ponder the former terror:(A)
    “Where is that chief officer?
Where is the one who took the revenue?
    Where is the officer in charge of the towers?(B)
19 You will see those arrogant people(C) no more,
    people whose speech is obscure,
    whose language is strange and incomprehensible.(D)

20 Look on Zion,(E) the city of our festivals;
    your eyes will see Jerusalem,
    a peaceful abode,(F) a tent(G) that will not be moved;(H)
its stakes will never be pulled up,
    nor any of its ropes broken.

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