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☞_o mark_v mark_v be_v not_o this_o make_v good_a to_o the_o full_a at_o this_o day_n ☜_o yea_o sure_o a_o prophet_n of_o the_o lord_n have_v be_v among_o you_o mark_n mark_n be_v not_o this_o true_o prophesy_v mark_n let_v this_o generation_n beware_v for_o there_o be_v no_o resist_v the_o hand_n of_o the_o lord_n