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be_v slay_v by_o the_o chaldean_n and_o sabean_o and_o all_o his_o child_n be_v slay_v by_o the_o fall_n of_o a_o house_n chap._n 1_o this_o company_n be_v make_v desolate_a indeed_o yet_o when_o he_o say_v thou_o have_v make_v desolate_a all_o my_o company_n his_o meaning_n be_v as_o master_n broughton_n translate_v thou_o have_v make_v i_o desolate_a of_o all_o my_o company_n that_o be_v i_o be_o leave_v alone_o hence_o observe_v the_o company_n of_o child_n and_o friend_n be_v a_o very_a great_a mercy_n heman_n complain_v much_o when_o he_o want_v this_o mercy_n lover_n and_o friend_n have_v thou_o put_v far_o from_o i_o and_o my_o acquaintance_n into_o darkness_n job_n make_v as_o a_o more_o particular_a so_o a_o more_o pathetical_a enumeration_n of_o this_o loss_n chap._n 19.13_o 14._o to_o be_v desolate_a in_o so_o great_a a_o affliction_n that_o it_o be_v often_o put_v for_o all_o affliction_n and_o to_o be_v desolate_a of_o company_n be_v the_o worst_a desolateness_n when_o 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