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19 Your dead will live again;
    their bodies will rise from death.
You who ·lie in the ground [L dwell in the dust],
    wake up and ·be happy [shout joyfully]!
·The dew covering you [L Your dew] is ·like the dew of a new day [L a dew of lights];
    the ·ground [earth] will give birth to the dead.

Judgment: Reward or Punishment

20 My people, go into your ·rooms [chambers; inner rooms]
    and shut your doors behind you.
Hide in your rooms for a short time
    until God’s anger ·is finished [has passed by].
21 [L For look/T behold] The Lord ·will leave [is coming out of] his place
    to punish the ·people [inhabitants] of the world for their sins.
The earth will ·show [reveal; disclose] ·the blood of the people who have been killed [L its blood];
    it will not cover ·the dead [its slain] any longer.

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19 But your dead(A) will live, Lord;
    their bodies will rise—
let those who dwell in the dust(B)
    wake up and shout for joy—
your dew(C) is like the dew of the morning;
    the earth will give birth to her dead.(D)

20 Go, my people, enter your rooms
    and shut the doors(E) behind you;
hide(F) yourselves for a little while
    until his wrath(G) has passed by.(H)
21 See, the Lord is coming(I) out of his dwelling(J)
    to punish(K) the people of the earth for their sins.
The earth will disclose the blood(L) shed on it;
    the earth will conceal its slain no longer.

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