16 The fugitives(A) who escape
    will flee to the mountains.
Like doves(B) of the valleys,
    they will all moan,
    each for their own sins.(C)
17 Every hand will go limp;(D)
    every leg will be wet with urine.(E)
18 They will put on sackcloth(F)
    and be clothed with terror.(G)
Every face will be covered with shame,
    and every head will be shaved.(H)

19 “‘They will throw their silver into the streets,(I)
    and their gold will be treated as a thing unclean.
Their silver and gold
    will not be able to deliver them
    in the day of the Lord’s wrath.(J)
It will not satisfy(K) their hunger
    or fill their stomachs,
    for it has caused them to stumble(L) into sin.(M)
20 They took pride in their beautiful jewelry
    and used it to make(N) their detestable idols.
They made it into vile images;(O)
    therefore I will make it a thing unclean for them.(P)
21 I will give their wealth as plunder(Q) to foreigners
    and as loot to the wicked of the earth,
    who will defile it.(R)
22 I will turn my face(S) away from the people,
    and robbers will desecrate the place I treasure.
They will enter it
    and will defile it.(T)

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