harvest: Deuteronomy 28:33, Deuteronomy 28:51; Judges 6:3-6; Isaiah 62:8
the thorns: Judges 6:11; 2 Chronicles 33:11
swalloweth: Job 2:3, Job 20:15; Jeremiah 51:34, Jeremiah 51:44; Lamentations 2:5, Lamentations 2:16
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Job 5:5
Job 5:5
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