desolate: Job 3:14, Job 18:15; Isaiah 5:8-10; Micah 7:18
which are ready: Jeremiah 9:11, Jeremiah 26:18, Jeremiah 51:37; Micah 3:12
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Job 15:28
Job 15:28
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