greatly: Daniel 5:6, Daniel 2:1; Job 18:11-14; Psalms 18:14; Revelation 6:15
countenance: Chal, brightness, Daniel 5:6, Daniel 10:8
changed: Psalms 48:6; Isaiah 13:6-8, Isaiah 21:2-4; Jeremiah 6:24, Jeremiah 30:6; Matthew 2:3
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Daniel 5:9
Daniel 5:9
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