Who hath: Deuteronomy 29:24-28; Jeremiah 50:44-45; Revelation 18:8
the crowning: Ezekiel 28:2-6, Ezekiel 28:12-18
merchants: Isaiah 10:8, Isaiah 36:9
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Isaiah 23:8
Isaiah 23:8
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