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they_o will_v allow_v house-rome_n to_o his_o age_a bone_n in_o troy_n thus_o why_o judah_n and_o benjamin_n shall_v return_v unto_o their_o border_n distrustful_a ephraim_n can_v conceive_v these_o or_o like_a reason_n the_o time_n of_o their_o captivity_n be_v not_o set_v so_o long_o but_o many_o which_o have_v see_v jerusalem_n in_o her_o glory_n may_v live_v to_o see_v the_o 18._o city_n build_v up_o upon_o her_o own_o heap_n and_o her_o palace_n remain_v after_o their_o wont_a manner_n 21._o their_o child_n shall_v be_v as_o aforetime_o their_o noble_a ruler_n shall_v be_v of_o themselves_o their_o governor_n shall_v proceed_v from_o among_o they_o but_o as_o for_o ephraim_n our_o father_n say_v it_o in_o their_o haste_n and_o fury_n and_o we_o their_o posterity_n must_v for_o ever_o be_v bind_v unto_o the_o bargain_n 16._o what_o portion_n have_v we_o in_o david_n we_o have_v no_o inheritance_n in_o the_o son_n of_o jesse_n many_o of_o his_o goodly_a stem_n now_o plant_v by_o 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