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the coastlands wait for me,
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Lewis will not let his readers forget that good thought is dynamic thought and it must not become stagnant.
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The earth dries up and withers, the world languishes and withers; the heavens languish together with the earth.
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Why does heaven languish? It’s possible for Heaven to be in states other than ~good~ like here on earth?
10 I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my whole being shall exult in my God; for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation, he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. 11 For as the earth brings forth its shoots, and as a garden causes what is
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who pierced the dragon?
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Declare and present your case; let them take counsel together! Who told this long ago? Who declared it of old? Was it not I, the LORD? There is no other god besides me, a righteous God and a Savior; there is no one besides me. 22 Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other. 23 By myself I have sworn, from
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4 Jehoash said to the priests, “All the money offered as sacred donations that is brought into the house of the LORD, the money for which each person is assessed—the money from the assessment of persons—and the money from the voluntary offerings brought into the house of the LORD, 5let the priests receive from each of the donors; and let them repai
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44See, everyone who uses proverbs will use this proverb about you, “Like mother, like daughter.” 45You are the daughter of your mother, who loathed her husband and her children; and you are the sister of your sisters, who loathed their husbands and their children. Your mother was a Hittite and your father an Amorite. 46Your elder sister is Samaria,
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oh wow this is so interesting!! jerusalemmother is a Hittitefather is an Amoriteelder sister is Samaria to the north (with daughters)younger sister is Sodom to the south (with daughters)jerusalem is proving to be no different and just like her family to which she was born. her beauty and blessedness were a result of everything good from her husband (God) and yet she threw it all away and acted no different and her shine gave way to dumpster fire BURNING IT ALL DOWNNNN to how she was before she joined with her husband
14 For a long time I have held my peace, I have kept still and restrained myself; now I will cry out like a woman in labor, I will gasp and pant. 15 I will lay waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbage; I will turn the rivers into islands, and dry up the pools.