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child_n of_o ammon_n look_v you_o there_o the_o band_n of_o a_o covenant_n can_v not_o hold_v he_o these_o 36._o 2_o chron._n 36._o band_n hold_v he_o fast_o but_o nebuchadnezar_n band_n be_v the_o strong_a they_o bind_v he_o in_o fetter_n to_o carry_v he_o to_o babylon_n but_o his_o burden_n of_o sorrow_n be_v too_o heavy_a for_o he_o so_o as_o his_o spirit_n faint_v under_o it_o and_o die_v in_o the_o way_n be_v bury_v with_o the_o burial_n of_o a_o ass_n draw_v and_o cast_v forth_o beyond_o the_o gate_n of_o jerusalem_n irem_fw-la jerusalem_n jer._n 22._o 19_o non_fw-la autem_fw-la eo_fw-la usque_fw-la dedactus_fw-la est_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o itinere_fw-la moriws_fw-la irem_fw-la 6._o 2_o chro._n 26._o 6._o the_o act_n of_o jehojakim_n and_o his_o abomination_n that_o he_o do_v and_o that_o which_o be_v find_v in_o he_o be_v write_v in_o the_o book_n of_o the_o 8._o ver_fw-la 8._o king_n but_o more_o full_o by_o jeremiah_n in_o the_o forementioned_a place_n 18._o chap._n 22._o 17._o 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