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Isaiah 22:17

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Behold, the Lord will carry thee away with a mighty captivity, and will surely cover thee.

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  1. Isaiah 22:15

    Thus saith the Lord God of hosts, Go, get thee unto this treasurer, even unto Shebna, which is over the house, and say,

  2. Isaiah 22:16

    What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, as he that heweth him out a sepulchre on high, and that graveth an habitation for himself in a rock?

  3. Isaiah 22:18

    He will surely violently turn and toss thee like a ball into a large country: there shalt thou die, and there the chariots of thy glory shall be the shame of thy lord’s house.

  4. Isaiah 22:19

    And I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall he pull thee down.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.