sea monsters: or, sea calves
the daughter: Lamentations 2:20, Lamentations 4:10; Leviticus 26:29; Deuteronomy 28:52-57; 2 Kings 6:26-29; Isaiah 49:15; Jeremiah 19:9; Ezekiel 5:10; Luke 23:28-29
like: Job 39:13-16; Romans 1:31
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Lamentations 4:3
Lamentations 4:3
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