Chapter 2
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How Lam 1:1, Lam 4:1
covered Lam 3:43-44; Ezek 30:18, Ezek 32:7-8; Joel 2:2
and cast Isa 14:12-15; Ezek 28:14-16; Matt 11:23; Luke 10:15, Luke 10:18; Rev 12:7-9
the beauty 1Sam 4:21; 2Sam 1:19; Isa 64:11; Ezek 7:20-22, Ezek 24:21
his footstool 1Chr 28:2; Ps 99:5, Ps 132:7
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swallowed Lam 2:17, Lam 2:21, Lam 3:43; Job 2:3 *marg. Ps 21:9; Isa 27:11; Jer 13:14, Jer 21:7; Ezek 5:11, Ezek 7:4, Ezek 7:9, Ezek 8:18, Ezek 9:10; Zech 11:5-6; Matt 18:33
he hath thrown Lam 2:5, Lam 2:17; Jer 5:10; Mic 5:11-12; Mal 1:4; 2Cor 10:4
brought them down to Heb. made to touch, Isa 25:12, Isa 26:5; Ps 89:39
polluted Ps 89:39-40; Isa 23:9 *marg. Isa 43:28, Isa 47:6
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the horn Job 16:15; Ps 75:5, Ps 75:10, Ps 89:24, Ps 132:17; Jer 48:25; Luke 1:69
he hath Ps 74:11
he burned Deut 32:22; Ps 79:5, Ps 89:46; Isa 1:31, Isa 42:25; Jer 4:4, Jer 7:20; Mal 4:1; Luke 3:17
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bent Lam 2:5, Lam 3:3, Lam 3:12-13; Job 6:4, Job 16:12-14; Isa 63:10; Jer 21:5, Jer 30:14
that were pleasant to the eye Heb. the desirable of the eye, Ezek 24:25
he poured Lam 4:1; 2Chr 34:21, 2Chr 34:25; Isa 42:25, Isa 51:17-20, Isa 63:6; Jer 4:4, Jer 7:20; Jer 21:5, Jer 21:12, Jer 36:7; Ezek 5:13, Ezek 6:12, Ezek 22:22, Ezek 36:18; Nah 1:2, Nah 1:6
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was Lam 2:4; Jer 15:1, Jer 30:14
he hath swallowed up Israel Lam 2:2; 2Kgs 25:9; 2Chr 36:16-17; Jer 52:13
mourning Ezek 2:10
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he hath violently "He hath destroyed the temple, as if it had been no better than a cottage erected in a garden, while the fruit is gathering, and then removed, or suffered to decay." Ps 80:12, Ps 89:40; Isa 5:5, Isa 63:18, Isa 64:11
tabernacle or, hedge
as if Isa 1:8
caused Lam 1:4; Zeph 3:18
the king Lam 4:16, Lam 4:20, Lam 5:12; Isa 43:28; Jer 52:11-27; Ezek 12:12-13, Ezek 17:18; Mal 2:9
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cast off Lam 2:1; Lev 26:31, Lev 26:44; Ps 78:59-61; Isa 64:10-11; Jer 7:12-14, Jer 26:6, Jer 26:18; Jer 52:13; Ezek 7:20-22, Ezek 24:21; Mic 3:12; Matt 24:2; Acts 6:13-14
given up Heb. shut up, Lam 2:5; 2Chr 36:19; Jer 32:29, Jer 33:3-4, Jer 39:8; Ezek 7:24; Amos 2:5
they have Ps 72:4-20, Ps 74:3-8; Ezek 7:21-22
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purposed Lam 2:17; Isa 5:5; Jer 5:10
stretched 2Sam 8:2; 2Kgs 21:13; Isa 28:17, Isa 34:11; Amos 7:7-8
he hath not Job 13:21; Ezek 20:22
destroying Heb. swallowing up, Lam 2:2, Lam 2:5
he made Isa 3:26; Jer 14:2
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gates Neh 1:3; Jer 39:2, Jer 39:8, Jer 51:30, Jer 52:14
her king Lam 1:3, Lam 4:15, Lam 4:20; Deut 28:36; 2Kgs 24:12-16, 2Kgs 25:7; Jer 52:8-9; Ezek 12:13; Ezek 17:20
the law 2Chr 15:3; Ezek 7:26; Hos 3:4
her prophets Ps 74:9; Amos 8:11-12; Mic 3:6-7
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elders Lam 4:5, Lam 4:16, Lam 5:12, Lam 5:14; Job 2:13; Isa 3:26, Isa 47:1, Isa 47:5
sit Sitting on the ground was a posture of mourning and deep distress. Hence the coin struck by Vespasian, on the capture of Jerusalem, has on the obverse side a palm tree, the emblem of Judea, and under it a woman, the emblem of Jerusalem, sitting down, with her elbow on her knee, and her head supported by her hand, with the legend Judea capta. Lam 1:1
and keep Lam 3:28; Jer 8:14; Amos 5:13, Amos 8:3
cast up Josh 7:6; 2Sam 13:19; Job 2:12; Rev 18:19
they have girded Isa 15:3, Isa 36:22; Ezek 7:18, Ezek 27:31; Joel 1:8
the virgins Lam 1:4; Amos 8:13
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eyes Lam 1:16, Lam 3:48-51; 1Sam 30:4; Ps 6:7, Ps 31:9, Ps 69:3; Isa 38:14
my bowels Lam 1:20; Jer 4:19
my liver Job 16:13; Ps 22:14
for Lam 4:10; Isa 22:4; Jer 8:19-22, Jer 9:1, Jer 14:17
because Lam 2:19-20, Lam 4:3-4, Lam 4:9-10; Luke 23:29
swoon or, faint
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as the Ezek 30:24
soul Isa 53:12
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shall I take Lam 1:12; Dan 9:12
for 2Sam 5:20; Ps 60:2; Jer 14:17; Ezek 26:3-4
who can Jer 8:22, Jer 30:12-15, Jer 51:8-9
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prophets Isa 9:15-16; Jer 2:8, Jer 5:31, Jer 6:13-14, Jer 8:10-11, Jer 14:13-15, Jer 23:11-17; Jer 27:14-16, Jer 28:15, Jer 29:8-9, Jer 37:19; Ezek 13:2-16; Mic 2:11, Mic 3:5-7; 2Pet 2:1-3
they have Isa 58:1; Jer 23:22; Ezek 13:22
false Jer 23:14-17, Jer 23:31-32, Jer 27:9-10; Ezek 22:25, Ezek 22:28; Mic 3:5; Zeph 3:4
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The combination of scorn, enmity, rage, and exultation, which the conquerors and spectators manifested at the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple, are here described with peculiar pathos and energy. The whole scene is presented to view as in an exquisitely finished historical painting.
that pass Deut 29:22-28; 1Kgs 9:7-9; 2Chr 7:21; Jer 18:16
by Heb. by the way
clap Lam 1:8; Job 27:22-23; Ezek 25:6; Nah 3:19
they Lam 2:16; Jer 19:8, Jer 25:9, Jer 25:18, Jer 29:18, Jer 51:37; Mic 6:16; Zeph 2:15
wag 2Kgs 19:21; Ps 22:7, Ps 44:14-15; Isa 37:22; Jer 18:16; Matt 27:39; Mark 15:29
Is this Lam 2:6; Ps 48:2, Ps 50:2; Isa 64:11
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thine Lam 3:46; Job 16:9-10; Ps 22:13, Ps 35:21, Ps 109:2
gnash Ps 35:16, Ps 37:12, Ps 112:10; Acts 7:54
We have swallowed Ps 56:2, Ps 57:3, Ps 124:3; Isa 49:19; Jer 50:7, Jer 50:17, Jer 51:34; Ezek 25:3, Ezek 25:6, Ezek 25:15; Ezek 36:3; Hos 8:8; Zeph 2:8-10
we have seen Ps 35:21, Ps 41:8; Obad 1:12-16
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done Lam 2:8; Lev 26:14-46; Deut 28:15-68, Deut 29:18-23, Deut 31:16-17, Deut 32:15-27; Jer 18:11; Mic 2:3
he hath thrown Lam 2:1-2; Ezek 5:11, Ezek 7:8-9, Ezek 8:18, Ezek 9:10
he hath caused Lam 1:5; Deut 28:43-44; Ps 38:16, Ps 89:42
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heart Ps 119:145; Isa 26:16-17; Hos 7:14
O wall Lam 2:8; Hab 2:11
let tears Lam 1:2, Lam 1:16, Lam 3:48-49; Ps 119:136; Jer 4:31, Jer 9:1, Jer 9:17-18, Jer 13:17, Jer 14:17
the apple Bath ayin which sometimes means the pupil of the eye, seems here to denote tears, the produce of the eye; and therefore elegantly termed the daughter of the eye.
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cry out Ps 42:8, Ps 62:8, Ps 119:55, Ps 119:147-148; Isa 26:9; Mark 1:35; Luke 6:12
watches Judg 7:19; Matt 14:25; Mark 13:35
pour 1Sam 1:15, 1Sam 7:6; Job 3:24; Ps 62:8, Ps 142:2
lift up Ps 28:2, Ps 63:4, Ps 134:2, Ps 141:2; 1Tim 2:8
that faint Lam 2:11-12, Lam 4:1-9; Isa 51:20; Ezek 5:10, Ezek 5:16; Nah 3:10
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consider Exod 32:11; Deut 9:26; Isa 63:16-19, Isa 64:8-12; Jer 14:20-21
Shall the women Lam 4:10; Lev 26:29; Deut 28:53-57; 2Kgs 6:28-29; Jer 19:9; Ezek 5:10
of a span long or, swaddled with their hands
shall the priest Lam 1:19, Lam 4:13, Lam 4:16; Ps 78:64; Isa 9:14-17; Jer 5:31, Jer 14:15-18, Jer 23:11-15; Ezek 9:5-6
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young Deut 28:50; Josh 6:21; 1Sam 15:3; 2Chr 36:17; Esth 3:13; Jer 51:22; Ezek 9:6
my virgins Lam 1:15, Lam 1:18; Ps 78:63; Jer 9:21, Jer 11:22, Jer 18:21; Amos 4:10
thou hast killed Lam 2:2, Lam 2:17, Lam 3:43; Isa 27:11; Jer 13:14, Jer 21:7; Ezek 5:11, Ezek 7:4, Ezek 7:9, Ezek 8:18; Ezek 9:5, Ezek 9:10; Zech 11:6
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my terrors Ps 31:13; Isa 24:17-18; Jer 6:25, Jer 20:3, Jer 46:5; Amos 9:1-4
those Deut 28:18; Jer 16:2-4; Hos 9:12-16; Luke 23:29-30
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How Lam 1:1, Lam 4:1
covered Lam 3:43-44; Ezek 30:18, Ezek 32:7-8; Joel 2:2
and cast Isa 14:12-15; Ezek 28:14-16; Matt 11:23; Luke 10:15, Luke 10:18; Rev 12:7-9
the beauty 1Sam 4:21; 2Sam 1:19; Isa 64:11; Ezek 7:20-22, Ezek 24:21
his footstool 1Chr 28:2; Ps 99:5, Ps 132:7
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swallowed Lam 2:17, Lam 2:21, Lam 3:43; Job 2:3 *marg. Ps 21:9; Isa 27:11; Jer 13:14, Jer 21:7; Ezek 5:11, Ezek 7:4, Ezek 7:9, Ezek 8:18, Ezek 9:10; Zech 11:5-6; Matt 18:33
he hath thrown Lam 2:5, Lam 2:17; Jer 5:10; Mic 5:11-12; Mal 1:4; 2Cor 10:4
brought them down to Heb. made to touch, Isa 25:12, Isa 26:5; Ps 89:39
polluted Ps 89:39-40; Isa 23:9 *marg. Isa 43:28, Isa 47:6
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the horn Job 16:15; Ps 75:5, Ps 75:10, Ps 89:24, Ps 132:17; Jer 48:25; Luke 1:69
he hath Ps 74:11
he burned Deut 32:22; Ps 79:5, Ps 89:46; Isa 1:31, Isa 42:25; Jer 4:4, Jer 7:20; Mal 4:1; Luke 3:17
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bent Lam 2:5, Lam 3:3, Lam 3:12-13; Job 6:4, Job 16:12-14; Isa 63:10; Jer 21:5, Jer 30:14
that were pleasant to the eye Heb. the desirable of the eye, Ezek 24:25
he poured Lam 4:1; 2Chr 34:21, 2Chr 34:25; Isa 42:25, Isa 51:17-20, Isa 63:6; Jer 4:4, Jer 7:20; Jer 21:5, Jer 21:12, Jer 36:7; Ezek 5:13, Ezek 6:12, Ezek 22:22, Ezek 36:18; Nah 1:2, Nah 1:6
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was Lam 2:4; Jer 15:1, Jer 30:14
he hath swallowed up Israel Lam 2:2; 2Kgs 25:9; 2Chr 36:16-17; Jer 52:13
mourning Ezek 2:10
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he hath violently "He hath destroyed the temple, as if it had been no better than a cottage erected in a garden, while the fruit is gathering, and then removed, or suffered to decay." Ps 80:12, Ps 89:40; Isa 5:5, Isa 63:18, Isa 64:11
tabernacle or, hedge
as if Isa 1:8
caused Lam 1:4; Zeph 3:18
the king Lam 4:16, Lam 4:20, Lam 5:12; Isa 43:28; Jer 52:11-27; Ezek 12:12-13, Ezek 17:18; Mal 2:9
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cast off Lam 2:1; Lev 26:31, Lev 26:44; Ps 78:59-61; Isa 64:10-11; Jer 7:12-14, Jer 26:6, Jer 26:18; Jer 52:13; Ezek 7:20-22, Ezek 24:21; Mic 3:12; Matt 24:2; Acts 6:13-14
given up Heb. shut up, Lam 2:5; 2Chr 36:19; Jer 32:29, Jer 33:3-4, Jer 39:8; Ezek 7:24; Amos 2:5
they have Ps 72:4-20, Ps 74:3-8; Ezek 7:21-22
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purposed Lam 2:17; Isa 5:5; Jer 5:10
stretched 2Sam 8:2; 2Kgs 21:13; Isa 28:17, Isa 34:11; Amos 7:7-8
he hath not Job 13:21; Ezek 20:22
destroying Heb. swallowing up, Lam 2:2, Lam 2:5
he made Isa 3:26; Jer 14:2
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gates Neh 1:3; Jer 39:2, Jer 39:8, Jer 51:30, Jer 52:14
her king Lam 1:3, Lam 4:15, Lam 4:20; Deut 28:36; 2Kgs 24:12-16, 2Kgs 25:7; Jer 52:8-9; Ezek 12:13; Ezek 17:20
the law 2Chr 15:3; Ezek 7:26; Hos 3:4
her prophets Ps 74:9; Amos 8:11-12; Mic 3:6-7
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elders Lam 4:5, Lam 4:16, Lam 5:12, Lam 5:14; Job 2:13; Isa 3:26, Isa 47:1, Isa 47:5
sit Sitting on the ground was a posture of mourning and deep distress. Hence the coin struck by Vespasian, on the capture of Jerusalem, has on the obverse side a palm tree, the emblem of Judea, and under it a woman, the emblem of Jerusalem, sitting down, with her elbow on her knee, and her head supported by her hand, with the legend Judea capta. Lam 1:1
and keep Lam 3:28; Jer 8:14; Amos 5:13, Amos 8:3
cast up Josh 7:6; 2Sam 13:19; Job 2:12; Rev 18:19
they have girded Isa 15:3, Isa 36:22; Ezek 7:18, Ezek 27:31; Joel 1:8
the virgins Lam 1:4; Amos 8:13
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eyes Lam 1:16, Lam 3:48-51; 1Sam 30:4; Ps 6:7, Ps 31:9, Ps 69:3; Isa 38:14
my bowels Lam 1:20; Jer 4:19
my liver Job 16:13; Ps 22:14
for Lam 4:10; Isa 22:4; Jer 8:19-22, Jer 9:1, Jer 14:17
because Lam 2:19-20, Lam 4:3-4, Lam 4:9-10; Luke 23:29
swoon or, faint
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as the Ezek 30:24
soul Isa 53:12
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shall I take Lam 1:12; Dan 9:12
for 2Sam 5:20; Ps 60:2; Jer 14:17; Ezek 26:3-4
who can Jer 8:22, Jer 30:12-15, Jer 51:8-9
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prophets Isa 9:15-16; Jer 2:8, Jer 5:31, Jer 6:13-14, Jer 8:10-11, Jer 14:13-15, Jer 23:11-17; Jer 27:14-16, Jer 28:15, Jer 29:8-9, Jer 37:19; Ezek 13:2-16; Mic 2:11, Mic 3:5-7; 2Pet 2:1-3
they have Isa 58:1; Jer 23:22; Ezek 13:22
false Jer 23:14-17, Jer 23:31-32, Jer 27:9-10; Ezek 22:25, Ezek 22:28; Mic 3:5; Zeph 3:4
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The combination of scorn, enmity, rage, and exultation, which the conquerors and spectators manifested at the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple, are here described with peculiar pathos and energy. The whole scene is presented to view as in an exquisitely finished historical painting.
that pass Deut 29:22-28; 1Kgs 9:7-9; 2Chr 7:21; Jer 18:16
by Heb. by the way
clap Lam 1:8; Job 27:22-23; Ezek 25:6; Nah 3:19
they Lam 2:16; Jer 19:8, Jer 25:9, Jer 25:18, Jer 29:18, Jer 51:37; Mic 6:16; Zeph 2:15
wag 2Kgs 19:21; Ps 22:7, Ps 44:14-15; Isa 37:22; Jer 18:16; Matt 27:39; Mark 15:29
Is this Lam 2:6; Ps 48:2, Ps 50:2; Isa 64:11
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thine Lam 3:46; Job 16:9-10; Ps 22:13, Ps 35:21, Ps 109:2
gnash Ps 35:16, Ps 37:12, Ps 112:10; Acts 7:54
We have swallowed Ps 56:2, Ps 57:3, Ps 124:3; Isa 49:19; Jer 50:7, Jer 50:17, Jer 51:34; Ezek 25:3, Ezek 25:6, Ezek 25:15; Ezek 36:3; Hos 8:8; Zeph 2:8-10
we have seen Ps 35:21, Ps 41:8; Obad 1:12-16
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done Lam 2:8; Lev 26:14-46; Deut 28:15-68, Deut 29:18-23, Deut 31:16-17, Deut 32:15-27; Jer 18:11; Mic 2:3
he hath thrown Lam 2:1-2; Ezek 5:11, Ezek 7:8-9, Ezek 8:18, Ezek 9:10
he hath caused Lam 1:5; Deut 28:43-44; Ps 38:16, Ps 89:42
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heart Ps 119:145; Isa 26:16-17; Hos 7:14
O wall Lam 2:8; Hab 2:11
let tears Lam 1:2, Lam 1:16, Lam 3:48-49; Ps 119:136; Jer 4:31, Jer 9:1, Jer 9:17-18, Jer 13:17, Jer 14:17
the apple Bath ayin which sometimes means the pupil of the eye, seems here to denote tears, the produce of the eye; and therefore elegantly termed the daughter of the eye.
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cry out Ps 42:8, Ps 62:8, Ps 119:55, Ps 119:147-148; Isa 26:9; Mark 1:35; Luke 6:12
watches Judg 7:19; Matt 14:25; Mark 13:35
pour 1Sam 1:15, 1Sam 7:6; Job 3:24; Ps 62:8, Ps 142:2
lift up Ps 28:2, Ps 63:4, Ps 134:2, Ps 141:2; 1Tim 2:8
that faint Lam 2:11-12, Lam 4:1-9; Isa 51:20; Ezek 5:10, Ezek 5:16; Nah 3:10
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consider Exod 32:11; Deut 9:26; Isa 63:16-19, Isa 64:8-12; Jer 14:20-21
Shall the women Lam 4:10; Lev 26:29; Deut 28:53-57; 2Kgs 6:28-29; Jer 19:9; Ezek 5:10
of a span long or, swaddled with their hands
shall the priest Lam 1:19, Lam 4:13, Lam 4:16; Ps 78:64; Isa 9:14-17; Jer 5:31, Jer 14:15-18, Jer 23:11-15; Ezek 9:5-6
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young Deut 28:50; Josh 6:21; 1Sam 15:3; 2Chr 36:17; Esth 3:13; Jer 51:22; Ezek 9:6
my virgins Lam 1:15, Lam 1:18; Ps 78:63; Jer 9:21, Jer 11:22, Jer 18:21; Amos 4:10
thou hast killed Lam 2:2, Lam 2:17, Lam 3:43; Isa 27:11; Jer 13:14, Jer 21:7; Ezek 5:11, Ezek 7:4, Ezek 7:9, Ezek 8:18; Ezek 9:5, Ezek 9:10; Zech 11:6
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my terrors Ps 31:13; Isa 24:17-18; Jer 6:25, Jer 20:3, Jer 46:5; Amos 9:1-4
those Deut 28:18; Jer 16:2-4; Hos 9:12-16; Luke 23:29-30