brought us up: Exod. 14:1-15:27; Isaiah 63:9, Isaiah 63:11-13; Hosea 12:13, Hosea 13:4
led us: Jeremiah 2:2; Deuteronomy 8:14-16, Deuteronomy 32:10
the shadow: Job 3:5, Job 10:21-22; Psalms 23:4; Matthew 4:16
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Jeremiah 2:6
Jeremiah 2:6
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