The final verdict in verse 21—"There is no peace for the wicked"—crystallizes the prophetic judgment that covenant violation forecloses eschatological shalom. The statement's finality and universality establish an absolute correlation between righteousness and peace, wickedness and turbulence. This verse's placement as the conclusion to the extended judgment-and-consolation sequence reassures the faithful remnant that their fidelity will be vindicated and the wicked's fate sealed. The formula-like quality creates memorable theological closure: righteousness brings peace; wickedness brings turmoil.

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