cover not: Psalms 59:5-13, Psalms 69:27, Psalms 109:14; Jeremiah 18:23; 2 Timothy 4:14
their sin: Psalms 51:1, Psalms 51:9; Isaiah 43:25, Isaiah 44:22
before the builders: Isaiah 36:11-12
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Nehemiah 4:5
Nehemiah 4:5
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