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16 These things are the cemetery, the childless mother,
    the land that never gets enough rain,
    and fire that never says, ‘I’ve had enough!’

17 “Don’t make fun of your father.
    Don’t refuse to obey your mother.
If you do, your eye will be pecked out by the birds of the valley.
    You will be eaten by hawks.

18 “There are three things that are too hard for me.
    There are really four that I don’t understand:

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16 the grave,(A) the barren womb,
    land, which is never satisfied with water,
    and fire, which never says, ‘Enough!’

17 “The eye that mocks(B) a father,
    that scorns an aged mother,
will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley,
    will be eaten by the vultures.(C)

18 “There are three things that are too amazing for me,
    four that I do not understand:

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