is so impoverished that he hath no oblation: Heb. is poor of oblation
chooseth: Isaiah 2:8-9, Isaiah 44:13-19; Jeremiah 10:3-4; Daniel 5:23
shall not: Isaiah 41:7, Isaiah 46:7; 1 Samuel 5:3-4
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Isaiah 40:20
Isaiah 40:20
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