the smoke: Genesis 19:28; Isaiah 34:10; Revelation 18:9, Revelation 19:3
and they had: Job 11:20; Psalms 48:5-6, Psalms 76:5; Amos 2:14-16; Revelation 6:15-17
power: Heb. hand
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Joshua 8:20
Joshua 8:20
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