isle: or, country, Job 22:30; Jeremiah 47:4
whither: Isaiah 28:17, Isaiah 30:1-7, Isaiah 30:15-16, Isaiah 31:1-3; Job 6:20
and how: Matthew 23:33; 1 Thessalonians 5:3; Hebrews 2:3
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Isaiah 20:6
Isaiah 20:6
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