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Amos 7:17

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Thy wife: Isaiah 13:16; Jeremiah 20:6, Jeremiah 28:12, Jeremiah 28:16, Jeremiah 29:21, Jeremiah 29:25, Jeremiah 29:31-32; Lamentations 5:11; Hosea 4:13-14; Zechariah 14:2

thy land: Psalms 78:55

die: 2 Kings 17:6; Ezekiel 4:13; Hosea 9:3

and Israel: Amos 7:11; Leviticus 26:33-39; Jeremiah 36:27-32

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