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23 Its soldiers carry bows and spears as their weapons.
    They are always cruel and they are never kind.
They ride into the battle on their horses,
    and it sounds like the noise of the sea.
They are ready to attack you,
    people of Jerusalem.’

24 The people say,

‘We have heard news about them,
    and we are very frightened.
    We feel too weak to fight.
We are afraid and in pain,
    like a woman who is giving birth.
25 Do not go out into the fields.
    Do not travel on the roads.
Our enemies are everywhere.
    They have their swords ready to attack us.
    Danger is all around us.’

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