can it: Heb. canst not
the Lord: 1 Samuel 15:3; Isaiah 10:6, Isaiah 13:3, Isaiah 37:26, Isaiah 45:1-3, Isaiah 46:10-11; Ezekiel 14:17; Amos 3:6
the sea: Ezekiel 25:16; Zephaniah 2:6-7
hath he: Micah 6:9
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Jeremiah 47:7
Jeremiah 47:7
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