23 When he fills his stomach,
God will send his burning anger against him,
raining(A) it down on him while he is eating.[a]
24 If he flees from an iron weapon,
an arrow from a bronze bow will pierce him.
25 He pulls it out of his back,
the flashing tip out of his liver.[b]
Terrors come over him.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 20:23 Text emended; MT reads him, against his flesh
  2. 20:25 Or gallbladder

23 When he is about to fill his belly [as in the wilderness when God sent the quails], God will cast the fierceness of His wrath upon him and will rain it upon him while he is eating.(A)

24 He will flee from the iron weapon, but the bow of bronze shall strike him through.

25 [The arrow] is drawn forth and it comes out after passing through his body; yes, the glittering point comes out of his gall. Terrors march in upon him;

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