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Zechariah 11:5

Zechariah 11:5

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possessors: Jeremiah 23:1-2; Ezekiel 22:25-27, Ezekiel 34:2-3, Ezekiel 34:10; Micah 3:1-3, Micah 3:9-12; Matthew 23:14; John 16:2

hold: Jeremiah 2:3, Jeremiah 50:7

sell: Genesis 37:26-28; 2 Kings 4:1; Nehemiah 5:8; Matthew 21:12-13; 2 Peter 2:3; Revelation 18:13

Blessed: Deuteronomy 29:19-21; Hosea 12:8; 1 Timothy 6:5-10

and their: Ezekiel 34:4, Ezekiel 34:6, Ezekiel 34:18-19, Ezekiel 34:21; John 10:1, John 10:12-13

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