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Lamentations 1:17

Lamentations 1:17

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spreadeth: 1 Kings 8:22, 1 Kings 8:38; Isaiah 1:15; Jeremiah 4:31

none: Lamentations 1:2, Lamentations 1:9, Lamentations 1:16, Lamentations 1:19, Lamentations 1:21

commanded: Lamentations 2:1-8, Lamentations 2:17-22; 2 Kings 24:2-4, 2 Kings 25:1; Jeremiah 6:3, Jeremiah 16:6, Jeremiah 21:4-5, Jeremiah 34:22; Ezekiel 7:23-24; Hosea 8:8; Luke 19:43-44

Jerusalem: Lamentations 1:9, Lamentations 4:15; Leviticus 15:19-27; Ezekiel 36:17

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