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- "[Is] not¹ Calnoª as Carchemish?ª [is] not¹ Hamathª as Arpad?ª [is] not¹ Samariaª as Damascus?ª ... Shall I not,¹ as¹ I have doneª° unto Samariaª and her idols,ª so¹ doª° to Jerusalemª and her idols?ª" {Isa 10:9-11} + "[Beware] lest¹ Hezekiahª persuadeª° you, saying,ª° The LORDª will deliverª° us. Hath anyª of the godsª of the nationsª deliveredª°¹ his landª out of the handª¹ of the kingª of Assyria?ª ... Where¹ [are] the godsª of Hamathª and Arphad?ª where¹ [are] the godsª of Sepharvaim?ª and¹ have they deliveredª°¹ Samariaª out of my hand?ª¹" {Isa 36:18-19} + "Have the godsª of the nationsª deliveredª° them which¹ my fathersª have destroyed,ª° [as]¹ Gozan,ª and Haran,ª and Rezeph,ª and the childrenª of Edenª which¹ [were] in Telassar?ª ... Where¹ [is] the kingª of Hamath,ª and the kingª of Arphad,ª and the kingª of the cityª of Sepharvaim,ª Hena,ª and Ivah?ª" {Isa 37:12-13} + "Sonª of man,ª speakª° unto¹ Pharaohª kingª of Egypt,ª and to¹ his multitude;ª Whom¹¹ art thou likeª° in thy greatness?ª ... Behold,¹ the Assyrianª [was] a cedarª in Lebanonª with fairª branches,ª and with a shadowingª° shroud,ª and of an highª stature;ª and his topª was¹ among¹ the thick boughs.ª" {Ezk 31:2-3} + "Art thou betterª° than populousª²° No,ª¹ that was situateª° among the rivers,ª [that had] the watersª round aboutª it, whose¹ rampartª [was] the sea,ª [and] her wallª [was] from the sea?ª¹" {Nah 3:8}
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