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16 For they cannot sleep unless they have done wrong;
    they are robbed of sleep unless they have made someone stumble.(A)

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16 For they cannot rest until they do evil;(A)
    they are robbed of sleep till they make someone stumble.

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I held out my hands all day long
    to a rebellious people,
who walk in a way that is not good,
    following their own devices;(A)

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All day long I have held out my hands
    to an obstinate people,(A)
who walk in ways not good,
    pursuing their own imaginations(B)

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Social Evils Denounced

Woe to those who devise wickedness
    and evil deeds[a] on their beds!
When the morning dawns, they perform it,
    because it is in their power.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 2.1 Cn: Heb work evil

Human Plans and God’s Plans

Woe to those who plan iniquity,
    to those who plot evil(A) on their beds!(B)
At morning’s light they carry it out
    because it is in their power to do it.

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