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and_o weep_v and_o behold_v joy_n and_o gladness_n and_o it_o be_v reveal_v in_o my_o ear_n sure_o this_o iniquity_n shall_v not_o be_v purge_v from_o you_o till_o you_o die_v nothing_o urge_v justice_n more_o to_o confound_v a_o people_n with_o flood_n of_o vengeance_n than_o epicurean_a stupidity_n under_o awaken_n alarm_n have_v not_o the_o lord_n threaten_v prov._n 29.1_o he_o that_o be_v often_o reprove_v and_o still_o harden_v his_o neck_n shall_v be_v destroy_v sudden_o and_o that_o without_o remedy_n why_o then_o do_v we_o flatter_v ourselves_o and_o cry_v peace_n peace_n shall_v we_o say_v as_o those_o zeph._n 1.12_o the_o lord_n will_v do_v neither_o good_a nor_o evil_a will_v not_o god_n then_o say_v as_o v_o 13_o therefore_o your_o good_n shall_v become_v a_o booty_n and_o your_o house_n a_o desolation_n whatever_o may_v be_v the_o foundation_n our_o security_n be_v build_v upon_o so_o long_o as_o provoke_a sin_n be_v heap_v up_o wrath_n security_n do_v but_o hasten_v our_o 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