captains: or battering rams, Heb. rams, Ezekiel 4:2
to lift: Exodus 32:17-18; Joshua 6:10, Joshua 6:20; 1 Samuel 17:20; Job 39:25; Jeremiah 51:14
to appoint: Ezekiel 4:2; Jeremiah 32:24, Jeremiah 33:4, Jeremiah 52:4
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Ezekiel 21:22
Ezekiel 21:22
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