the company: Ezekiel 23:25, Ezekiel 23:29, Ezekiel 9:6, Ezekiel 16:41; Jeremiah 33:4-5
dispatch them: or, single them out, Ezekiel 24:6
shall slay: Ezekiel 24:21; 2 Chronicles 36:17-19
and burn: Deuteronomy 13:16; Jeremiah 39:8, Jeremiah 52:13
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Ezekiel 23:47
Ezekiel 23:47
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