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15 against every high tower, and against every fortified wall;
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for every lofty tower and every fortified wall,
16 against all the ships of Tarshish, and against all the beautiful craft.
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for every trading shipand every stately vessel.
17 And the haughtiness of man shall be humbled, and the pride of men shall be brought low; and the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.
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The arrogance of man will be brought low and human pride humbled; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day,
18 And the idols shall utterly pass away.
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and the idols will totally disappear.
19 And men shall enter the caves of the rocks and the holes of the ground, from before the terror of the LORD, and from the glory of his majesty, when he rises to terrify the earth.
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People will flee to caves in the rocks and to holes in the ground from the fearful presence of the LORDand the splendor of his majesty, when he rises to shake the earth.
20 In that day men will cast forth their idols of silver and their idols of gold, which they made for themselves to worship, to the moles and to the bats,
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In that day people will throw away to the moles and bats their idols of silver and idols of gold, which they made to worship.
21 to enter the caverns of the rocks and the clefts of the cliffs, from before the terror of the LORD, and from the glory of his majesty, when he rises to terrify the earth.
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They will flee to caverns in the rocks and to the overhanging crags from the fearful presence of the LORDand the splendor of his majesty, when he rises to shake the earth.
22 Turn away from man in whose nostrils is breath, for of what account is he?
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Stop trusting in mere humans, who have but a breath in their nostrils. Why hold them in esteem?
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