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Amos 7:2

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O Lord: Amos 7:5; Exodus 32:11-12, Exodus 34:9; Numbers 14:17-19; Jeremiah 14:7, Jeremiah 14:20-21; Daniel 9:19; James 5:15-16

by whom shall Jacob arise: or, who of (or for) Jacob shall stand, Isaiah 51:19; Ezekiel 9:8, Ezekiel 11:13

for: Psalms 12:1, Psalms 44:24-26; Isaiah 37:4; Jeremiah 42:2; Zechariah 4:10

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