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in_o the_o wilderness_n deut._n 5._o 29._o oh_o that_o there_o be_v such_o a_o heart_n in_o they_o to_o fear_v i_o and_o to_o keep_v all_o my_o commandment_n always_o that_o it_o may_v go_v well_o with_o they_o and_o with_o their_o child_n for_o ever_o but_o hezekiah_n do_v not_o render_v according_a to_o the_o reward_n bestow_v upon_o he_o for_o his_o heart_n be_v lift_v up_o and_o wrath_n come_v upon_o he_o and_o upon_o judah_n and_o jerusalem_n 2_o chron._n 32._o v_o 25._o not_o that_o it_o do_v seize_v upon_o they_o but_o that_o it_o be_v ready_a to_o smite_v for_o as_o it_o follow_v ver_fw-la 26._o notwithstanding_o hezekiah_n humble_v himself_o after_o his_o heart_n be_v lift_v up_o he_o and_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o jerusalem_n and_o the_o wrath_n of_o the_o lord_n come_v not_o upon_o
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same_o prophet_n testify_v chap._n 3._o ver_fw-la 1_o 2_o 3_o 4._o wo_n to_o she_o that_o be_v filthy_a and_o pollute_a to_o the_o rob_v city_n she_o hear_v not_o the_o voice_n she_o receive_v not_o correction_n she_o trust_v not_o in_o the_o lord_n she_o draw_v not_o near_o to_o she_o god_n her_o prince_n within_o she_o be_v as_o roar_a lion_n her_o judge_n be_v as_o wolf_n in_o the_o evening_n which_o leave_v not_o the_o bone_n till_o the_o morrow_n her_o prophet_n be_v light_a and_o wicked_a person_n her_o priest_n have_v pollute_v the_o sanctuary_n they_o have_v wrest_v the_o law_n and_o even_o for_o this_o people_n proneness_n to_o fulfil_v the_o measure_n of_o their_o forefather_n sin_n be_v good_a josiah_n remove_v from_o off_o the_o earth_n lest_o god_n judgement_n shall_v come_v upon_o jerusalem_n in_o his_o day_n and_o no_o marvel_n if_o the_o fullness_n of_o judah_n sin_n be_v accomplish_v in_o iosiah_n day_n though_o he_o be_v the_o most_o righteous_a prince_n of_o david_n 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