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Zechariah 7:12

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their hearts: Nehemiah 9:29; Job 9:4; Isaiah 48:4; Jeremiah 5:3; Ezekiel 2:4, Ezekiel 3:7-9, Ezekiel 11:19, Ezekiel 36:26

lest: Psalms 50:17; Nehemiah 9:29-30; Isaiah 6:10; Matthew 13:15; Mark 4:12; Luke 8:12; John 3:19; John 3:20; Acts 28:27; 2 Thessalonians 2:10-12

sent: Nehemiah 9:30; Acts 7:51-52; 1 Peter 1:11-12; 2 Peter 1:21

the former: Heb. the hand of the former, Zechariah 7:7

therefore: 2 Chronicles 36:16; Jeremiah 26:19; Daniel 9:11-12; 1 Thessalonians 2:15-16

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