he shall: Job 8:16; Psalms 1:3, Psalms 92:10-15; Isaiah 58:11; Ezekiel 31:4-10, Ezekiel 47:12
drought: or, restraint, Jeremiah 14:1 *marg.
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Jeremiah 17:8
Jeremiah 17:8
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