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Jeremiah 17:4

Jeremiah 17:4

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thyself: Heb. in thyself

shalt: Jeremiah 16:13, Jeremiah 25:9-11; Leviticus 26:31-34; Deuteronomy 4:26-27, Deuteronomy 28:25; Joshua 23:15-16; 1 Kings 9:7; 2 Kings 25:21

and I: Jeremiah 5:29, Jeremiah 27:12-13; Deuteronomy 28:47-48; Nehemiah 9:28; Isaiah 14:3

for: Jeremiah 7:20, Jeremiah 15:14; Deuteronomy 29:26-28, Deuteronomy 32:22-25; Isaiah 5:25, Isaiah 30:33, Isaiah 66:24; Lamentations 1:12; Ezekiel 20:47-48, Ezekiel 21:31; Nahum 1:5-6; Mark 9:43-49

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