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Obadiah 1:10

Obadiah 1:10

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

violence: Genesis 27:11, Genesis 27:41; Numbers 20:14-21; Psalms 83:5-9, Psalms 137:7; Lamentations 4:21; Ezekiel 25:12; Ezekiel 35:5-6, Ezekiel 35:12-15; Amos 1:11

shame: Psalms 69:7, Psalms 89:45, Psalms 109:29, Psalms 132:18; Jeremiah 3:25, Jeremiah 51:51; Ezekiel 7:18; Micah 7:10

and: Jeremiah 49:13, Jeremiah 49:17-20; Ezekiel 25:13-14, Ezekiel 35:6-7, Ezekiel 35:15; Malachi 1:3-4

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