20 On the right they will devour,
    but still be hungry;(A)
on the left they will eat,(B)
    but not be satisfied.
Each will feed on the flesh of their own offspring[a]:
21     Manasseh will feed on Ephraim, and Ephraim on Manasseh;(C)
    together they will turn against Judah.(D)

Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,
    his hand is still upraised.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 9:20 Or arm

I will make them eat(A) the flesh of their sons and daughters, and they will eat one another’s flesh because their enemies(B) will press the siege so hard against them to destroy them.’

10 “Then break the jar(C) while those who go with you are watching, 11 and say to them, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty says: I will smash(D) this nation and this city just as this potter’s jar is smashed and cannot be repaired. They will bury(E) the dead in Topheth until there is no more room.

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