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Habakkuk 2:1

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stand: Psalms 73:16-17; Isaiah 21:8, Isaiah 21:11-12

tower: Heb. fenced place, 2 Samuel 18:24; 2 Kings 9:17, 2 Kings 17:9; Isaiah 21:5, Isaiah 62:6

unto me: or, in me, 2 Corinthians 13:3; Galatians 1:16

when I am reproved: or, when I am argued with, Heb. upon my reproof, or arguing, Job 23:5-7, Job 31:35, Job 31:37; Jeremiah 12:1

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