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way_n 2._o the_o judgement_n threaten_v that_o be_v general_a a_o overflow_a scourge_n as_o esaiah_n call_v it_o isai._n xxviii_o 15._o sword_n go_v through_o the_o land_n ezek._n fourteen_o 17._o a_o end_n the_o end_n be_v come_v upon_o the_o four_o corner_n of_o the_o land_n ezek._n seven_o 2._o now_o sure_a the_o plaster_n must_v be_v as_o broad_a as_o the_o sore_a so_o according_o he_o invite_v they_o to_o a_o general_a and_o national_a humiliation_n it_o be_v to_o be_v proclaim_v by_o the_o sound_n of_o the_o trumpet_n ver._n 15._o not_o by_o a_o knock_n at_o a_o private_a man_n door_n the_o trumpet_n be_v to_o call_v together_o the_o whole_a congregation_n numb_a x._o 2._o if_o you_o look_v to_o the_o first_o verse_n there_o the_o judgement_n come_v with_o a_o trumpet_n it_o sound_v a_o alarm_n it_o threaten_v all_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o the_o land_n if_o god_n threaten_v with_o a_o trumpet_n we_o must_v call_v to_o repentance_n with_o a_o trumpet_n with_o as_o loud_o and_o 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