as ye: Psalms 75:8-9; Isaiah 49:25-26, Isaiah 51:22-23; Jeremiah 25:15-16, Jeremiah 25:27-29, Jeremiah 49:12; Joel 3:17; 1 Peter 4:17
swallow down: or, sup up, Isaiah 42:14 *marg. Habakkuk 1:9
and they shall be: Isaiah 8:9-10, Isaiah 29:7-8
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Obadiah 1:16
Obadiah 1:16
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