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Jeremiah 4:1-31

4:1

If thou wilt return
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O Israel
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saith
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the LORD
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return
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unto me: and if thou wilt put away
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thine abominations
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out of my sight
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then shalt thou not remove
<05110> (8799)_.

4:2

And thou shalt swear
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The LORD
<03068>

liveth
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in truth
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in judgment
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and in righteousness
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and the nations
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shall bless
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themselves in him, and in him shall they glory
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4:3

For thus saith
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the LORD
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to the men
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of Judah
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and Jerusalem
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Break up
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your fallow ground
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and sow
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not among thorns
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4:4

Circumcise
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yourselves to the LORD
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and take away
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the foreskins
<06190>

of your heart
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ye men
<0376>

of Judah
<03063>

and inhabitants
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of Jerusalem
<03389>_:

lest my fury
<02534>

come forth
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like fire
<0784>_,

and burn
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that none can quench
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[it], because
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of the evil
<07455>

of your doings
<04611>_.

4:5

Declare
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ye in Judah
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and publish
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in Jerusalem
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and say
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Blow
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ye the trumpet
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in the land
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cry
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gather together
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and say
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Assemble
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yourselves, and let us go
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into the defenced
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cities
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4:6

Set up
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the standard
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toward Zion
<06726>_:

retire
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stay
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not: for I will bring
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evil
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from the north
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and a great
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destruction
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{retire: or, strengthen} {destruction: Heb. breaking}

4:7

The lion
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is come up
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from his thicket
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and the destroyer
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of the Gentiles
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is on his way
<05265> (8804)_;

he is gone forth
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from his place
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to make
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thy land
<0776>

desolate
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[and] thy cities
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shall be laid waste
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without an inhabitant
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4:8

For this gird
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you with sackcloth
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lament
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and howl
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for the fierce
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anger
<0639>

of the LORD
<03068>

is not turned back
<07725> (8804)

from us.

4:9

And it shall come to pass at that day
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saith
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the LORD
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[that] the heart
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of the king
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shall perish
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and the heart
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of the princes
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and the priests
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shall be astonished
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and the prophets
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shall wonder
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4:10

Then said
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I, Ah
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Lord
<0136>

GOD
<03069>_!

surely
<0403>

thou hast greatly
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deceived
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this people
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and Jerusalem
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saying
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Ye shall have peace
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whereas the sword
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reacheth
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unto the soul
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4:11

At that time
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shall it be said
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to this people
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and to Jerusalem
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A dry
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wind
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of the high places
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in the wilderness
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toward
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the daughter
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of my people
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not to fan
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nor to cleanse
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4:12

[Even] a full
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wind
<07307>

from those [places] shall come
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unto me: now also will I give
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sentence
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against them. {a full...: or, a fuller wind than those} {give...: Heb. utter judgments}

4:13

Behold, he shall come up
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as clouds
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and his chariots
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[shall be] as a whirlwind
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his horses
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are swifter
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than eagles
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Woe
<0188>

unto us! for we are spoiled
<07703> (8795)_.

4:14

O Jerusalem
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wash
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thine heart
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from wickedness
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that thou mayest be saved
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How long shall thy vain
<0205>

thoughts
<04284>

lodge
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within
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thee?

4:15

For a voice
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declareth
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from Dan
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and publisheth
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affliction
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from mount
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Ephraim
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4:16

Make ye mention
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to the nations
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behold, publish
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against Jerusalem
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[that] watchers
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come
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from a far
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country
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and give out
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their voice
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against the cities
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of Judah
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4:17

As keepers
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of a field
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are they against her round about
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because she hath been rebellious
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against me, saith
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the LORD
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4:18

Thy way
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and thy doings
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have procured
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these [things] unto thee; this [is] thy wickedness
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because it is bitter
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because it reacheth
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unto thine heart
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4:19

My bowels
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my bowels
<04578>_!

I am pained
<02342> (8799) (8675) <03176> (8686)

at my very
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heart
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my heart
<03820>

maketh a noise
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in me; I cannot hold my peace
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because thou hast heard
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O my soul
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the sound
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of the trumpet
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the alarm
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of war
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{my very...: Heb. the walls of my heart}

4:20

Destruction
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upon destruction
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is cried
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for the whole land
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is spoiled
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suddenly
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are my tents
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spoiled
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[and] my curtains
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in a moment
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4:21

How long shall I see
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the standard
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[and] hear
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the sound
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of the trumpet
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4:22

For my people
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[is] foolish
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they have not known
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me; they [are] sottish
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children
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and they have none understanding
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they [are] wise
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to do evil
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but to do good
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they have no knowledge
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4:23

I beheld
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the earth
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and, lo, [it was] without form
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and void
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and the heavens
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and they [had] no light
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4:24

I beheld
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the mountains
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and, lo, they trembled
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and all the hills
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moved lightly
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4:25

I beheld
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and, lo, [there was] no man
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and all the birds
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of the heavens
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were fled
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4:26

I beheld
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and, lo, the fruitful place
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[was] a wilderness
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and all the cities
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thereof were broken down
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at the presence
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of the LORD
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[and] by his fierce
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anger
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4:27

For thus hath the LORD
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said
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The whole land
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shall be desolate
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yet will I not make
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a full end
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4:28

For this shall the earth
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mourn
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and the heavens
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above
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be black
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because I have spoken
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[it], I have purposed
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[it], and will not repent
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neither will I turn back
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from it.

4:29

The whole city
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shall flee
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for the noise
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of the horsemen
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and bowmen
<07198> <07411> (8802)_;

they shall go
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into thickets
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and climb up
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upon the rocks
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every city
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[shall be] forsaken
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and not a man
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dwell
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therein
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4:30

And [when] thou [art] spoiled
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what wilt thou do
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Though thou clothest
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thyself with crimson
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though thou deckest
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thee with ornaments
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of gold
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though thou rentest
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thy face
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with painting
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in vain
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shalt thou make thyself fair
<03302> (8691)_;

[thy] lovers
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will despise
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thee, they will seek
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thy life
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{face: Heb. eyes}

4:31

For I have heard
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a voice
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as of a woman in travail
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[and] the anguish
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as of her that bringeth forth her first child
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the voice
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of the daughter
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of Zion
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[that] bewaileth
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herself, [that] spreadeth
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her hands
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[saying], Woe
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[is] me now! for my soul
<05315>

is wearied
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because of murderers
<02026> (8802)_.