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Obadiah 1:12

Obadiah 1:12

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thou: etc. or, do not behold, etc

looked: Psalms 22:17, Psalms 37:13, Psalms 54:7, Psalms 59:10, Psalms 92:11; Micah 4:11, Micah 7:8-10; Matthew 27:40-43

rejoiced: Job 31:29; Proverbs 17:5, Proverbs 24:17-18; Lamentations 4:21; Ezekiel 25:6-7, Ezekiel 35:15; Micah 7:8; Luke 19:41

thou have: 1 Samuel 2:3; Psalms 31:18

spoken proudly: Heb. magnified thy mouth, Isaiah 37:24; James 3:5; 2 Peter 2:18; Jude 1:16; Revelation 13:5

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