“For the violence done to Lebanon will overwhelm you, and the destruction of the animals will terrify you, because of men’s blood and for the violence done to the land, to every city and to those who dwell in them.”

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Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.