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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o sign_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o prodigy_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o miracle_n heb._n 2.4_o sign_n wonder_n and_o divers_a miracle_n 1._o sign_n be_v naral_a as_o gen._n 1.14_o we_o know_v how_o long_o to_o night_n or_o darkness_n by_o the_o place_n we_o see_v the_o sun_n in_o or_o to_o morning_n by_o other_o star_n so_o when_o spring_n and_o harvest_n etc._n etc._n when_o a_o eclipse_n when_o the_o tide_n when_o seasonable_a to_o sail_n to_o fish_n to_o blow_n to_o sow_n etc._n etc._n the_o light_n of_o heaven_n be_v give_v for_o sign_n of_o these_o thing_n so_o mat._n 16.2_o a_o red_a sky_n be_v a_o sign_n of_o fair_a wether_n because_o the_o sun_n shine_v through_o it_o demonstrate_v it_o to_o be_v thin_a but_o if_o the_o cloud_n in_o our_o horizon_n be_v black_a