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12 There will be only a few people left. They will be as rare as pure gold. 13 In my anger I will shake the sky, and the earth will be moved from its place.”

That will happen on the day the Lord All-Powerful shows his anger. 14 Then the people from Babylon will run away like wounded deer or sheep that have no shepherd. Everyone will turn and run back to their own country and people.

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12 I will make people(A) scarcer than pure gold,
    more rare than the gold of Ophir.(B)
13 Therefore I will make the heavens tremble;(C)
    and the earth will shake(D) from its place
at the wrath(E) of the Lord Almighty,
    in the day of his burning anger.(F)

14 Like a hunted(G) gazelle,
    like sheep without a shepherd,(H)
they will all return to their own people,
    they will flee(I) to their native land.(J)

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