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Lamentations 4:5

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that did: Deuteronomy 28:54-56; Isaiah 3:16-26, Isaiah 24:6-12, Isaiah 32:9-14; Jeremiah 6:2-3; Amos 6:3-7; Luke 7:25; 1 Timothy 5:6; Revelation 18:7-9

brought: 2 Samuel 1:24; Proverbs 31:21; Luke 16:19

embrace: Job 24:8; Jeremiah 9:21-22; Luke 15:16

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