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Its yoke is made of iron, and its shackles are made of bronze.
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The death it inflicts is a wicked death, and the grave is preferable to it.
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It will never conquer the godly, and they won't be burned by its flame.
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Those who abandon the Lord will fall to it; it will burn within them, and it will never go out. It will be sent against them like a lion, and like a leopard it will mangle them.
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aWatch out! Fence in your property with thorns, b Lock up your silver and gold;