Isaiah 9:18
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18 For wickedness burned like a fire,
consuming briers and thorns;
it kindled the thickets of the forest,
and they swirled upward in a column of smoke.(A)
Jeremiah 1:8
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8 Do not be afraid of them,
for I am with you to deliver you,
says the Lord.”(A)
Jeremiah 1:17
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17 But you, gird up your loins; stand up and tell them everything that I command you. Do not break down before them, or I will break you before them.(A)
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Ezekiel 3:9
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9 Like the hardest stone, harder than flint, I have made your forehead; do not fear them or be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house.”(A)
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Micah 7:4
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4 The best of them is like a brier,
the most upright of them a thorn hedge.
The day of their[a] sentinels, of their[b] punishment, has come;
now their confusion is at hand.(A)
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