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Jeremiah 20:6

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Pashur: Jeremiah 28:15-17, Jeremiah 29:21-22, Jeremiah 29:32; Acts 13:8-11

thy friends: Jeremiah 20:4, Jeremiah 5:31, Jeremiah 6:13-15, Jeremiah 8:10-11, Jeremiah 14:14-15, Jeremiah 23:14-17, Jeremiah 23:25-26, Jeremiah 23:32; Isaiah 9:15; Lamentations 2:14; Ezekiel 13:4-16, Ezekiel 13:22-23, Ezekiel 22:28; Micah 2:11; Zechariah 13:3; 2 Peter 2:1-3

thou hast: Leviticus 26:17; Deuteronomy 28:25

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