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commandment_n wrath_n in_o the_o former_a verse_n be_v threaten_v against_o the_o prince_n of_o judah_n who_o remove_v the_o bind_v and_o here_o the_o lord_n return_v again_o to_o ephraim_n in_o this_o 11._o verse_n and_o the_o 12._o verse_n to_o judah_n and_o ephraim_n both_o together_o they_o be_v both_o a_o provocation_n to_o god_n be_v plague_v both_o together_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o word_n oppress_v in_o the_o original_n be_v nashuk_n translate_v by_o hierom_n calumnia_fw-la ephraim_n suffer_v and_o be_v oppress_v by_o false_a accusation_n and_o slander_n for_o there_o be_v a_o opposition_n in_o man_n name_n and_o estate_n which_o the_o seventy_o usual_o translate_v by_o sycophantia_n 〈◊〉_d the_o 70._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o then_o we_o may_v render_v iâ—_n thuâ—_n ephraim_n by_o sychophant_n do_v suffer_v a_o great_a deal_n of_o wrong_n when_o there_o be_v false_a report_n raise_v against_o man_n they_o suffer_v wrong_v by_o it_o false_a report_n 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