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Obadiah 1:20

Obadiah 1:20

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

the captivity of this: Jeremiah 3:18, Jeremiah 33:26; Ezekiel 34:12-13; Hosea 1:10-11; Amos 9:14-15; Zechariah 10:6-10

Zarephath: 1 Kings 17:9-10; Luke 4:26, Sarepta

which is in Sepharad, shall possess: or, shall possess that which is in Sepharad, they shall possess, Jeremiah 13:19, Jeremiah 32:44, Jeremiah 33:13

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