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12 But this is what will happen to all who fought against Jerusalem: God will visit them with a terrible plague. People's flesh will rot off their bones while they are walking around; their eyes will rot in their sockets and their tongues in their mouths; people will be dying on their feet!
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This is the plague with which the LORD will strike all the nations that fought against Jerusalem: Their flesh will rot while they are still standing on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths.
13 Mass hysteria when that happens - total panic! Fellow soldiers fighting and killing each other - holy terror!
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On that day people will be stricken by the LORD with great panic. They will seize each other by the hand and attack one another.
14 And then Judah will jump into the fray!
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Judah too will fight at Jerusalem. The wealth of all the surrounding nations will be collected—great quantities of gold and silver and clothing.
15 The plague will also hit the animals - horses, mules, camels, donkeys. Everything alive in the military camps will be hit by the plague.
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A similar plague will strike the horses and mules, the camels and donkeys, and all the animals in those camps.
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