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of_o man_n join_v with_o the_o forsake_v of_o god_n be_v accurse_v and_o abominable_a jer._n 17.7_o he_o reproach_v the_o jew_n in_o chap._n 8.6_o for_o not_o content_v themselves_o with_o the_o still_a water_n of_o silo_n but_o search_v out_o swell_v and_o roar_a river_n which_o will_v overwhelm_v they_o in_o the_o end_n which_o indeed_o come_v so_o to_o pass_v for_o the_o assyrian_n egyptian_n and_o in_o the_o end_n the_o chaldean_n not_o only_o be_v unprofitable_a to_o the_o jew_n with_o who_o they_o be_v confederate_a but_o at_o last_o be_v also_o their_o destruction_n afterward_o there_o follow_v a_o opposition_n wherein_o he_o recall_v they_o to_o trust_v in_o god_n which_o be_v the_o only_a remedy_n that_o ought_v to_o be_v oppose_v to_o all_o calamity_n as_o on_o the_o contrary_a all_o our_o misery_n flow_v from_o our_o own_o infidelity_n and_o distrust_n infidelity_n all_o our_o misery_n flow_v from_o our_o own_o infidelity_n and_o whereas_o he_o promise_v a_o heritage_n to_o 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for_o the_o etc._n etc._n because_o the_o palace_n shall_v be_v forsake_v and_o the_o noise_n of_o the_o city_n shall_v be_v leave_v the_o tower_n and_o fortress_n shall_v be_v den_n for_o ever_o and_o the_o delight_n of_o wild_a ass_n and_o a_o pasture_n for_o flock_n he_o yet_o set_v forth_o this_o desolation_n more_o at_o large_a for_o have_v in_o the_o former_a verse_n mention_v the_o house_n of_o magnificence_n he_o now_o add_v the_o palace_n and_o city_n mean_v to_o show_v that_o nothing_o be_v it_o never_o so_o glorious_a or_o excellent_a can_v be_v exempt_v from_o this_o common_a desolation_n we_o see_v then_o that_o man_n eye_n be_v dazzle_v with_o their_o own_o glory_n until_o they_o lift_v up_o their_o eye_n towards_o heaven_n and_o thus_o be_v sweet_o lull_v asleep_a in_o their_o plenty_n they_o grow_v fearless_a and_o careless_a of_o any_o thing_n therefore_o he_o tell_v they_o that_o all_o their_o pleasant_a and_o gorgeous_a thing_n in_o the_o land_n of_o judea_n to_o 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