Cir, am 3494, bc 510
burden: Isaiah 13:1; Jeremiah 23:33-38; Malachi 1:1
Damascus: Genesis 14:15; Isaiah 17:1-3; Jeremiah 49:23-27; Amos 1:3-5, Amos 3:12
the rest: Zechariah 5:4; Isaiah 9:8-21
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Zechariah 9:1
Zechariah 9:1
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