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“when I send on them the evil arrows of famine that are for destruction, which I will send to destroy you. I will increase the famine on you and will break your staff of bread.”
Ezekiel 5:16
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Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.
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