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Malachi 1:3

Malachi 1:3

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

hated: Genesis 29:30-31; Deuteronomy 21:15-16; Luke 14:26

laid: Isaiah 34:9-12; Jeremiah 49:16-18; Ezekiel 25:13-14, Ezekiel 36:3-4, Ezekiel 36:7, Ezekiel 36:9, Ezekiel 36:14-15; Joel 3:19; Obadiah 1:10, Obadiah 1:18, Obadiah 1:19-21

the: Isaiah 13:21-22, Isaiah 34:13-14, Isaiah 35:7; Jeremiah 9:11, Jeremiah 51:37

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