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[This translation omits this verse.]

And the city was broken up, and all the men of war went out by night by the way of the gate, between the wall and the outworks, which were by the king's garden. And the Chaldeans were by the city round about; and they went by the way [leading] to the wilderness.

And it came to pass in the morning, when Nabal recovered from his wine, that his wife told him these words. And his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.

And it came to pass after about ten days, that the Lord struck Nabal, and he died.

And the city was broken up, and all the men of war went forth by night, by the way of the gate between the walls (this is [the gate] of the king's garden). And the Chaldeans [were set] against the city round about; and [the king] went by the way of the plain.

I am blighted like grass, and my heart is dried up; for I have forgotten to eat my bread.

And the spirit of the Egyptians shall be troubled within them; and I will frustrate their counsel; and they shall inquire of their gods and their images, and them that speak out of the earth, and them that have in them a divining spirit.

And the princes of Tanis shall be fools; [as for] the king's wise counselors, their counsel shall be turned into folly; how will you say to the king, we are sons of wise men, sons of ancient kings?

Where are your wise men now? And let them declare to you, and say, What has the Lord of hosts purposed upon Egypt?

But in that day the Egyptians shall be as women, in fear and in trembling because of the hand of the Lord of hosts, which He shall bring upon them.

Therefore are my loins filled with feebleness, and pangs have seized me as a travailing woman; I dealt wrongfully that I might not hear; I hastened that I might not see.

My heart wanders, and transgression overwhelms me; my soul is occupied with fear.

All your princes have fled, and [your] captives are tightly bound, and the mighty [men] in you have fled far away.

For [it is] a day of trouble, and of destruction, and of treading down, and [there is] perplexity [sent] from the Lord of hosts; they wander in the valley of Zion; they wander from the least to the greatest on the mountains.

the prophets utter unrighteous prophecies, and the priests have clapped their hands, and My people have loved it! And what will you do for the future?

For from the least of them even to the greatest they have all committed iniquity; from the priest even to the false prophet they have all dealt falsely.

And they healed the breach of My people [imperfectly], making light [of it], and saying, Peace, peace, and where is peace?

And where are your prophets who prophesied to you saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against this land?

Faint, and be amazed, and be overpowered, not with strong drink, nor with wine.

For the Lord has made you to drink a spirit of deep sleep; and He shall close their eyes, and [the eyes] of their prophets and of their rulers, who see secret things.

And I will stretch forth My hand against the prophets that see false [visions], and those that utter vanities. They shall not partake of the instruction of My people, neither shall they be written in the roll of the house of Israel, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel; and they shall know that I am the Lord.

Say to them that plaster [it], It shall fall; and there shall be a flooding rain; and I will send great stones upon their joinings, and they shall fall; and there shall be a sweeping wind, and it shall be broken.

Therefore thus says the Lord: I will even cause to burst forth a sweeping blast with fury, and there shall be a flooding rain in My wrath; and in [My] fury I will bring on great hailstones for complete destruction.

And I will accomplish My wrath upon the wall, and upon them that plaster it; it shall fall: and I said to you, The wall is not, nor they that plaster it,

"Behold, you despisers, and marvel and perish! For I will work a work in your days which you will by no means believe, though one were to declare it to you.'"