Enflaming: Exodus 32:6; Numbers 25:1-2, Numbers 25:6; Jeremiah 50:38, Jeremiah 51:7; Hosea 4:11-13, Hosea 7:4-7; Amos 2:7-8; Revelation 17:1-5, Revelation 18:3
with idols: or, among the oaks, Isaiah 1:29
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Isaiah 57:5
Isaiah 57:5
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