I will wail: Isaiah 16:9, Isaiah 21:3, Isaiah 22:4; Jeremiah 4:19, Jeremiah 9:1, Jeremiah 9:10, Jeremiah 9:19, Jeremiah 48:36-39
I will go: Isaiah 20:2-4
a wailing: Job 30:29; Psalms 102:6
owls: Heb. daughters of the owl
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Micah 1:8
Micah 1:8
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