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May the Lord cut off all flattering lips
and the tongue that speaks boastfully.(A)
They say, ‘Through our tongues we have power;
our lips are our own – who can be our master? ’(B)

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10 They are uncaring;[a](A)
their mouths speak arrogantly.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 17:10 Lit have closed up their fat

25 He will speak words against the Most High(A) and oppress[a] the holy ones(B) of the Most High. He will intend to change religious festivals[b] and laws,(C) and the holy ones will be handed over to him for a time, times, and half a time.[c](D)

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Footnotes

  1. 7:25 Lit wear out
  2. 7:25 Lit change times
  3. 7:25 Or for three and a half years

The Righteous and the Wicked

13 ‘Your words against me are harsh,’(A) says the Lord.

Yet you ask, ‘What have we spoken against you? ’

14 You have said, ‘It is useless to serve God. What have we gained by keeping his requirements(B) and walking mournfully(C) before the Lord of Armies?

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