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- "And he took upª° his parable,ª and said,ª° Balakª the kingª of Moabª hath broughtª° me from¹ Aram,ª out of the mountainsª¹ of the east,ª [saying], Come,²°¹ curseª° me Jacob,ª and come,²°¹ defyª° Israel.ª" {Num 23:7} + "And he took upª° his parable,ª and said,ª° Rise up,ª° Balak,ª and hear;ª° hearkenª° unto¹ me, thou sonª of Zippor:ª" {Num 23:18} + "That thou shalt take upª° this¹ proverbª against¹ the kingª of Babylon,ª and say,ª° How¹ hath the oppressorª° ceased!ª° the golden cityª ceased!ª° ... But thou¹ art cast¹ out²° of thy graveª¹ like an abominableª° branch,ª [and as] the raimentª of those that are slain,ª° thrust throughª° with a sword,ª that go downª° to¹ the stonesª of the pit;ª as a carcaseª trodden under feet.ª°" {Isa 14:4-19} + "And of¹ them shall be taken upª° a curseª by all¹ the captivityª of Judahª which¹ [are] in Babylon,ª saying,ª° The LORDª makeª° thee like Zedekiahª and like Ahab,ª whom¹ the kingª of Babylonª roastedª° in the fire;ª" {Jer 29:22} + "Because of the wrathª¹ of the LORDª it shall not¹ be inhabited,ª° but it shall be¹ wholly¹ desolate:ª every one¹ that goethª° by¹ Babylonª shall be astonished,ª° and hissª° at¹ all¹ her plagues.ª" {Jer 50:13} + "The strongª among the mightyª shall speakª° to him out of the midstª¹ of hellª with¹ them that helpª° him: they are gone down,ª° they lieª° uncircumcised,ª slainª by the sword.ª" {Ezk 32:21} + "In that¹ dayª shall [one] take upª° a parableª against¹ you, and lamentª° with a dolefulª lamentation,ª [and] say,ª° We be¹ utterly²° spoiled:ª° he hath changedª° the portionª of my people:ª how¹ hath he removedª° [it] from me! turning away²°¹ he hath dividedª° our fields.ª" {Mic 2:4}
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