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¹² The beginning of human pride is to forsake the Lord;
   the heart has withdrawn from its Maker.
¹³ For the beginning of pride is sin,
   and the one who clings to it pours out abominations.
Therefore the Lord brings upon them unheard-of calamities,
   and destroys them completely.
¹⁴ The Lord overthrows the thrones of rulers,
   and enthrones the lowly in their place.
¹⁵ The Lord plucks up the roots of the nations,^*
   and plants the humble in their place.
¹⁶ The Lord lays waste the lands of the nations,
   and destroys them to the foundations of the earth.
¹⁷ He removes some of them and destroys them,
   and erases the memory of them from the earth.
¹⁸ Pride was not created for human beings,
   or violent anger for those born of women.