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Jeremiah 47:4

Jeremiah 47:4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

the day: Jeremiah 46:10; Psalms 37:13; Isaiah 10:3; Ezekiel 7:5-7, Ezekiel 7:12, Ezekiel 21:25, Ezekiel 21:29; Hosea 9:7; Luke 21:22

Tyrus: Jeremiah 25:20-22; Isaiah 23:1-18; Ezek. 26:1-28:26; Joel 3:4-8; Amos 1:9-10; Zechariah 9:2-5

every: Job 9:13; Isaiah 20:6, Isaiah 31:8; Ezekiel 30:8

the remnant: Ezekiel 25:16; Amos 1:8, Amos 9:7

country: Heb. isle, Joshua 22:30; Isaiah 20:6

Caphtor: Genesis 10:13-14, Caphtorim, Deuteronomy 2:23; 1 Chronicles 1:12, Caphthorim, Amos 9:7

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