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Jeremiah 5:16

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Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.
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  1. Isaiah 5:28Rank 1 from verse 16
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    28Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses’ hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind:

  2. Psalms 5:9Rank 2 from verse 16
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    9For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.

  3. Romans 3:13Rank 3 from verse 16
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    13Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:

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Jeremiah 5:16

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open

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Sense 1: Unclosed, uncovered, or manifest. Sense 2: As a verb, to uncover, reveal, or explain.

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mighty

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Possessing or displaying great strength, power, ability, rank, or effect.

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15Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the Lord: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.

16Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.

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17And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword.

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