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21 Death has come through our windows and entered our palaces.
    Death has cut down the children in the streets
    and the young men in the marketplaces.

22 This is what Yahweh says:

Dead bodies will fall like manure on the field.
    They will be like grain that has been cut but not gathered.

The Lord Is the Only True God

23 This is what Yahweh says:

Don’t let wise people brag about their wisdom.
    Don’t let strong people brag about their strength.
    Don’t let rich people brag about their riches.

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21 Death has climbed in through our windows(A)
    and has entered our fortresses;
it has removed the children from the streets
    and the young men(B) from the public squares.

22 Say, “This is what the Lord declares:

“‘Dead bodies will lie
    like dung(C) on the open field,
like cut grain behind the reaper,
    with no one to gather them.’”

23 This is what the Lord says:

“Let not the wise boast of their wisdom(D)
    or the strong boast of their strength(E)
    or the rich boast of their riches,(F)

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