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Jeremiah 4:26

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I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the Lord, and by his fierce anger.

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  1. Jeremiah 4:24

    I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.

  2. Jeremiah 4:25

    I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.

  3. Jeremiah 4:27

    For thus hath the Lord said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.

  4. Jeremiah 4:28

    For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it.

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