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18 All the kings of the nations lie in glory,
    each in his own tomb,

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19 but you are cast out, away from your grave,
    like loathsome carrion,[a]
clothed with the dead, those pierced by the sword,
    who go down to the stones of the Pit
    like a corpse trampled underfoot.(A)

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  1. 14.19 Cn Compare Gk: Heb like a loathed branch

21 Prepare a place of slaughter for his sons
    because of the guilt of their father.[a]
Let them never rise to possess the earth
    or cover the face of the world with cities.(A)

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  1. 14.21 Syr Compare Gk: Heb fathers

23 And I will make it a possession of the screech owl[a] and pools of water, and I will sweep it with the broom of destruction, says the Lord of hosts.(A)

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  1. 14.23 Meaning of Heb uncertain