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Jeremiah 8:19

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Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a far country: Is not the Lord in Zion? is not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with strange vanities?

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  1. Jeremiah 8:17

    For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the Lord.

  2. Jeremiah 8:18

    When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.

  3. Jeremiah 8:20

    The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.

  4. Jeremiah 8:21

    For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.

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