Whenever it passes through, it will seize you; for morning after morning it will pass through, by day and by night; and it will be sheer terror to understand the report, establishing that the judgment will be relentless and continuous, passing through again and again, leaving no respite or hope of escape. The day and night passing through suggests the totality and continuity of affliction. The sheer terror of understanding the report suggests that knowledge of the disaster and loss becomes unbearable. The oracle's accumulation of horror imagery—seizing, constant passing, unrelenting terror—emphasizes the totality of judgment and the failure of any defense.

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