The Message Bible MSG
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13 You're too much for me. I'm hard-pressed - to the breaking point. I'm like a wagon piled high and overloaded, creaking and groaning.
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“Now then, I will crush you as a cart crushes when loaded with grain.
14 "When I go into action, what will you do? There's no place to run no matter how fast you run. The strength of the strong won't count. Fighters won't make it.
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The swift will not escape, the strong will not muster their strength, and the warrior will not save his life.
15 Skilled archers won't make it. Fast runners won't make it. Chariot drivers won't make it.
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The archer will not stand his ground, the fleet-footed soldier will not get away, and the horseman will not save his life.
16 Even the bravest of all your warriors Won't make it. He'll run off for dear life, stripped naked." God's Decree.
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Even the bravest warriors will flee naked on that day,” declares the LORD.
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