“But if the LORD makes a new thing, and the ground opens its mouth, and swallows them up with all that belong to them, and they go down alive into Sheol, then you shall understand that these men have despised the LORD.””

Reading this verse in context

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