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Ezra 9:8

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little space: Heb. moment

grace hath: Ezra 9:9; Nehemiah 1:11, Nehemiah 9:31; Habakkuk 3:2

a remnant: Ezra 9:14; 2 Kings 19:4, 2 Kings 19:30-31; Isaiah 1:9; Jeremiah 42:2, Jeremiah 44:14; Ezekiel 6:8-9, Ezekiel 14:22; Zechariah 8:6, Zechariah 8:12; Romans 9:27, Romans 11:5-6

a nail: or a pin, i.e. a constant and sure abode, Ecclesiastes 12:11; Isaiah 22:23-25; Zechariah 10:4

in his holy place: Isaiah 56:5; Revelation 3:12

lighten: 1 Samuel 14:27, 1 Samuel 14:29; Job 33:30; Psalms 13:3, Psalms 34:5

reviving: Psalms 85:6, Psalms 138:7; Isaiah 57:15; Ezekiel 37:11-14; Hosea 6:2

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