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Lamentations 2:9

Lamentations 2:9

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gates: Nehemiah 1:3; Jeremiah 39:2, Jeremiah 39:8, Jeremiah 51:30, Jeremiah 52:14

her king: Lamentations 1:3, Lamentations 4:15, Lamentations 4:20; Deuteronomy 28:36; 2 Kings 24:12-16, 2 Kings 25:7; Jeremiah 52:8-9; Ezekiel 12:13; Ezekiel 17:20

the law: 2 Chronicles 15:3; Ezekiel 7:26; Hosea 3:4

her prophets: Psalms 74:9; Amos 8:11-12; Micah 3:6-7

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