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27 they reeled and staggered like drunkards
    and were at their wits’ end.(A)

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25 They grope in the dark without light;
    he makes them stagger like a drunkard.(A)

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Be astounded and stunned;
    blind yourselves and be blind!
Be drunk but not from wine;
    stagger but not from strong drink!(A)

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14 The Lord has poured into them[a]
    a spirit of confusion;
and they have made Egypt stagger in all its doings
    as a drunkard staggers around in his vomit.(A)

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  1. 19.14 Gk Compare Tg: Heb it

the spirit of the Egyptians within them will be emptied out,
    and I will confound their plans;
they will consult the idols and the spirits of the dead
    and the ghosts and the familiar spirits;(A)

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15 Since the ship was caught and could not be turned head-on into the wind, we gave way to it and were driven. 16 By running under the lee of a small island called Cauda[a] we were scarcely able to get the ship’s boat under control. 17 After hoisting it up they took measures to undergird the ship; then, fearing that they would run on the Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor and so were driven.(A) 18 We were being pounded by the storm so violently that on the next day they began to throw the cargo overboard,(B) 19 and on the third day with their own hands they threw the ship’s tackle overboard. 20 When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and no small tempest raged, all hope of our being saved was at last abandoned.

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  1. 27.16 Other ancient authorities read Clauda

20 The earth staggers like a drunkard;
    it sways like a hut;
its transgression lies heavy upon it,
    and it falls and will not rise again.(A)

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20 Should he be told that I want to speak?
    Did anyone ever wish to be swallowed up?

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