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Jeremiah 17:18

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confounded: Jeremiah 20:11; Psalms 35:4, Psalms 35:26-27, Psalms 40:14, Psalms 70:2, Psalms 83:17-18

but let not me be confounded: Psalms 25:2-3, Psalms 71:1

the day: Jeremiah 17:16, Jeremiah 18:19-23

destroy them with double destruction: Heb. break them with a double breach, Jeremiah 11:20, Jeremiah 14:17, Jeremiah 16:18; Job 16:14; Revelation 18:6

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