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Lamentations 3:66

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Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the Lord.
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  1. Psalms 8:3Rank 1 from verse 66
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    3When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

  2. Deuteronomy 25:19Rank 2 from verse 66
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    19Therefore it shall be, when the Lord thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget it.

  3. Jeremiah 10:11Rank 3 from verse 66
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    11Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens.

  4. Lamentations 3:43Rank 4 from verse 66
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    43Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.

  5. Psalms 115:16Rank 5 from verse 66
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    16The heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord’s: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.

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Lamentations 3:66

COMBINED MEANING

persecute

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Trouble, afflict, or pursue after; to pursue, harass, or oppress.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604 · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

destroy

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Sense 1: To ruin, demolish, consume, or lay waste. Sense 2: To kill or cut off. Sense 3: To cause a thing's structure, use, activity, or present condition to cease.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

anger

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Sense 1: Strong displeasure or indignation. Sense 2: As a verb, to provoke to such displeasure.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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65Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them.

66Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the Lord.

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