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25 [a]The wolf and the lamb shall pasture together,
    and the lion shall eat hay like the ox—
    but the serpent’s food shall be dust.(A)
None shall harm or destroy
    on all my holy mountain, says the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. 65:25 The imagery reflects the ideal era described in 11:6–9; see note there.

25 The wolf and the lamb(A) will feed together,
    and the lion will eat straw like the ox,(B)
    and dust will be the serpent’s(C) food.
They will neither harm nor destroy
    on all my holy mountain,”(D)
says the Lord.

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17 They will lick the dust like a snake,
    like crawling things on the ground;
They will come quaking from their strongholds;
    they will tremble in fear of you, the Lord, our God.

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17 They will lick dust(A) like a snake,
    like creatures that crawl on the ground.
They will come trembling(B) out of their dens;
    they will turn in fear(C) to the Lord our God
    and will be afraid of you.

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The huge dragon, the ancient serpent,[a] who is called the Devil and Satan, who deceived the whole world, was thrown down to earth, and its angels were thrown down with it.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 12:9 The ancient serpent: who seduced Eve (Gn 3:1–6), mother of the human race; cf. Rev 20:2; Eph 6:11–12. Was thrown down: allusion to the expulsion of Satan from heaven; cf. Lk 10:18.

The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent(A) called the devil,(B) or Satan,(C) who leads the whole world astray.(D) He was hurled to the earth,(E) and his angels with him.

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