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Lexicon :: Strong's H2199 - zāʿaq

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זָעַק
Transliteration
zāʿaq
Pronunciation
zaw-ak'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 570

Strong’s Definitions

זָעַק zâʻaq, zaw-ak'; a primitive root; to shriek (from anguish or danger); by analogy, (as a herald) to announce or convene publicly:—assemble, call (together), (make a) cry (out), come with such a company, gather (together), cause to be proclaimed.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 73x

The KJV translates Strong's H2199 in the following manner: cry (50x), cry out (11x), assemble (3x), called (3x), gathered together (2x), gathered (2x), company (1x), proclaimed (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 73x
The KJV translates Strong's H2199 in the following manner: cry (50x), cry out (11x), assemble (3x), called (3x), gathered together (2x), gathered (2x), company (1x), proclaimed (1x).

  1. to cry, cry out, call, call for help

    1. (Qal)

      1. to call (to one's aid)

      2. to cry, cry out (in need)

    2. (Niphal) to be assembled, be called together, be joined together

    3. (Hiphil)

      1. to call, call out, call together, summon

      2. to make a crying, proclaim

      3. to have a proclamation made

      4. to call out to, call out at

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
זָעַק zâʻaq, zaw-ak'; a primitive root; to shriek (from anguish or danger); by analogy, (as a herald) to announce or convene publicly:—assemble, call (together), (make a) cry (out), come with such a company, gather (together), cause to be proclaimed.
STRONGS H2199: Abbreviations
† [זָעַק] verb cry, cry out, call (|| form of צעק which see; Arabic زَعَقَ, Aramaic Qfiz) —
Qal Perfect 3rd person feminine singular וְזָעָ֑קָה 2 Samuel 13:19; 1st person singular זָעַקְתִּי Psalm 142:6; 3rd person plural זָֽעֲקוּ Judges 6:7 + 3 times; וְזָעֲקוּ consecutive Judges 11:11 + 2 times; 2nd person masculine plural וּזְעַקְתֶּם consecutive 1 Samuel 8:18; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִזְעָ֑ק Isaiah 15:5; וַיִּזְעַק 1 Samuel 7:9 + 5 times, etc.; Imperative זְעַק Ezekiel 21:17; feminine singular זַעֲקְיֿ Isaiah 14:31, compare Jeremiah 48:20 Kt; וְזַעֲקוּ Judges 10:14 + 2 times; וּזְעָ֑קוּ Jeremiah 48:20 Qr; Infinitive construct מִזְּעֹק 1 Samuel 7:8; וְלִזְעֹק 2 Samuel 19:29; suffix זַעְקֶ֑ךָ Isaiah 30:19; בְּזַעְקֵךְ Isaiah 57:13 (Ol§ 245 b Ges§ 61. 1. R 1); —
1. call, to one's aid, followed by accusative of person Judges 12:2.
2. cry, cry out, in need:
a. unto God (י׳), followed by אֶלֿ Judges 3:9, 15; Judges 6:6, 7; Judges 10:10; 1 Samuel 7:8, 9 (+ בעד of intercession), 1 Samuel 12:8, 10; 1 Samuel 15:11; Micah 3:4; Jeremiah 11:11; Habakkuk 1:2 (with accusative חמס, compare Hosea 8:2 below), 2 Chronicles 20:9; Psalm 22:6; Psalm 107:13; Psalm 107:19; Psalm 142:6; Joel 1:14; followed by אֶליֿ׳ + בְּקוֺל גָּדוֺל Nehemiah 9:4; + קוֺלִי Psalm 142:2 (|| התחנן); + בְּלִבָּם Hosea 7:14 (opposed to הֵילִיל); followed by לְ Hosea 8:2 (+ object of words uttered), 1 Chronicles 5:20; followed by suffix Nehemiah 9:28; followed by הַשָּׁמַיִם (without divine name) 2 Chronicles 32:20 (|| התפלל); absolute, but with implication of cry to י׳ 1 Samuel 8:18; Isaiah 30:19.
b. unto other gods, followed by אֶלֿ Judges 10:14; Jeremiah 11:12; Jonah 1:5.
c. unto king, followed by אֶלֿ 2 Samuel 19:29.
d. absolute, utterance of horror, anxiety, alarm, distress, sorrow, etc. 1 Samuel 4:13; 1 Samuel 5:10; 1 Samuel 28:12 (+ בקול גדול), 2 Samuel 13:19; 2 Samuel 19:5 (+ קול גדול), 1 Kings 22:32 2 Chronicles 18:31; Isaiah 15:4; Isaiah 26:17; Isaiah 57:13; Jeremiah 20:8 (|| קרא, compare Habakkuk 1:2 above), Lamentations 3:8 (|| אֲשַׁוֵּעַ) Ezekiel 9:8; Ezekiel 11:13; Ezekiel 27:30; also of cry heard by God Exodus 2:23 (P); followed by לְ of that in behalf of, or for which one cries Isaiah 15:5; Jeremiah 48:31; so followed by עַלֿ Jeremiah 30:15; followed by accusative of congnate meaning with verb זְעָקָה Esther 4:1; || היליל Jeremiah 47:2; and especially Imperative Isaiah 14:31; Jeremiah 25:34; Jeremiah 48:20; Ezekiel 21:17.
e. cry out against one, followed by עַלֿ Job 31:38 if my land cry out against me (|| יִבְכָּיוּן); compare also (absolute, and without preposition) Habakkuk 2:11 the stone shall cry out of (מִן) the wall.
Niph. Perfect 2nd person masculine singular נִזְעָ֑קְתָּ Judges 18:23; 3rd person masculine plural נִזְעֲקוּ Judges 18:22; Imperfect וַיִּזָּעֵק Judges 6:34 + 2 times; וַיִּזָּעֲקוּ Joshua 8:16; — be called together **＝ be called out for military service, passive of Hiph. 1.; compare GFMJudg 18:23; assemble, join Joshua 8:16 (JE), Judges 18:22, 23; 1 Samuel 14:20; followed by אַחֲרָיו Judges 6:34, 35 assembled after him, i.e. joined him as his followers.
Hiph. Imperfect וַיַּזְעֵק Judges 4:10 + 3 times; יַזְעִיקוּ Job 35:9; Imperative הַזְעֶקֿ 2 Samuel 20:4; Infinitive construct לְהַזְעִיק 2 Samuel 20:5; —
1. call, call out, or together, for military service, followed by accusative Judges 4:10, 13; 2 Samuel 20:4, 5.
2. make a crying Job 35:9 (יְשַׁוְּעוּ in || clause)
3. have proclamation made ויאמר ויז׳ Jonah 3:7.
4. call out to, or at, followed by accusative וַיַּזְעֵק אֹתִי וַיְדַבֵּר Zechariah 6:8 (si vera lectio; Gr queries וַיָּעַר ?).

See related Aramaic BDB entry H2200.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

2:23

Joshua

8:16; 8:16

Judges

3:9; 3:15; 4:10; 4:10; 4:13; 6:6; 6:7; 6:7; 6:34; 6:34; 6:35; 10:10; 10:14; 10:14; 11:11; 12:2; 18:22; 18:22; 18:23; 18:23; 18:23

1 Samuel

4:13; 5:10; 7:8; 7:8; 7:9; 7:9; 8:18; 8:18; 12:8; 12:10; 14:20; 15:11; 28:12

2 Samuel

13:19; 13:19; 19:5; 19:29; 19:29; 20:4; 20:4; 20:5; 20:5

1 Kings

22:32

1 Chronicles

5:20

2 Chronicles

18:31; 20:9; 32:20

Nehemiah

9:4; 9:28

Esther

4:1

Job

31:38; 35:9; 35:9

Psalms

22:6; 107:13; 107:19; 142:2; 142:6; 142:6

Isaiah

14:31; 14:31; 15:4; 15:5; 15:5; 26:17; 30:19; 30:19; 57:13; 57:13

Jeremiah

11:11; 11:12; 20:8; 25:34; 30:15; 47:2; 48:20; 48:20; 48:20; 48:31

Lamentations

3:8

Ezekiel

9:8; 11:13; 21:17; 21:17; 27:30

Hosea

7:14; 8:2; 8:2

Joel

1:14

Jonah

1:5; 3:7

Micah

3:4

Habakkuk

1:2; 1:2; 2:11

Zechariah

6:8

H2199

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Strong's Number H2199 matches the Hebrew זָעַק (zāʿaq),
which occurs 73 times in 72 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Exo 2:23–Isa 57:13)

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:23 - During that long period, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned in their slavery and cried out, and their cry for help because of their slavery went up to God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:16 - All the men of Ai were called to pursue them, and they pursued Joshua and were lured away from the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:9 - But when they cried out to the LORD, he raised up for them a deliverer, Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, who saved them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:15 - Again the Israelites cried out to the LORD, and he gave them a deliverer—Ehud, a left-handed man, the son of Gera the Benjamite. The Israelites sent him with tribute to Eglon king of Moab.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:10 - There Barak summoned Zebulun and Naphtali, and ten thousand men went up under his command. Deborah also went up with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:13 - Sisera summoned from Harosheth Haggoyim to the Kishon River all his men and his nine hundred chariots fitted with iron.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:6 - Midian so impoverished the Israelites that they cried out to the LORD for help.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:7 - When the Israelites cried out to the LORD because of Midian,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:34 - Then the Spirit of the LORD came on Gideon, and he blew a trumpet, summoning the Abiezrites to follow him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:35 - He sent messengers throughout Manasseh, calling them to arms, and also into Asher, Zebulun and Naphtali, so that they too went up to meet them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:10 - Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, “We have sinned against you, forsaking our God and serving the Baals.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:14 - Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them save you when you are in trouble!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:2 - Jephthah answered, “I and my people were engaged in a great struggle with the Ammonites, and although I called, you didn’t save me out of their hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:22 - When they had gone some distance from Micah’s house, the men who lived near Micah were called together and overtook the Danites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:23 - As they shouted after them, the Danites turned and said to Micah, “What’s the matter with you that you called out your men to fight?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:13 - When he arrived, there was Eli sitting on his chair by the side of the road, watching, because his heart feared for the ark of God. When the man entered the town and told what had happened, the whole town sent up a cry.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 5:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:10 - So they sent the ark of God to Ekron. As the ark of God was entering Ekron, the people of Ekron cried out, “They have brought the ark of the god of Israel around to us to kill us and our people.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 7:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:8 - They said to Samuel, “Do not stop crying out to the LORD our God for us, that he may rescue us from the hand of the Philistines.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 7:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:9 - Then Samuel took a suckling lamb and sacrificed it as a whole burnt offering to the LORD. He cried out to the LORD on Israel’s behalf, and the LORD answered him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 8:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:18 - When that day comes, you will cry out for relief from the king you have chosen, but the LORD will not answer you in that day.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 12:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:8 - “After Jacob entered Egypt, they cried to the LORD for help, and the LORD sent Moses and Aaron, who brought your ancestors out of Egypt and settled them in this place.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 12:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:10 - They cried out to the LORD and said, ‘We have sinned; we have forsaken the LORD and served the Baals and the Ashtoreths. But now deliver us from the hands of our enemies, and we will serve you.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:20 - Then Saul and all his men assembled and went to the battle. They found the Philistines in total confusion, striking each other with their swords.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:11 - “I regret that I have made Saul king, because he has turned away from me and has not carried out my instructions.” Samuel was angry, and he cried out to the LORD all that night.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:12 - When the woman saw Samuel, she cried out at the top of her voice and said to Saul, “Why have you deceived me? You are Saul!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:19 - Tamar put ashes on her head and tore the ornate robe she was wearing. She put her hands on her head and went away, weeping aloud as she went.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:4 - The king covered his face and cried aloud, “O my son Absalom! O Absalom, my son, my son!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:28 - All my grandfather’s descendants deserved nothing but death from my lord the king, but you gave your servant a place among those who eat at your table. So what right do I have to make any more appeals to the king?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:4 - Then the king said to Amasa, “Summon the men of Judah to come to me within three days, and be here yourself.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:5 - But when Amasa went to summon Judah, he took longer than the time the king had set for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:32 - When the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they thought, “Surely this is the king of Israel.” So they turned to attack him, but when Jehoshaphat cried out,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 5:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:20 - They were helped in fighting them, and God delivered the Hagrites and all their allies into their hands, because they cried out to him during the battle. He answered their prayers, because they trusted in him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 18:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:31 - When the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they thought, “This is the king of Israel.” So they turned to attack him, but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him. God drew them away from him,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:9 - ‘If calamity comes upon us, whether the sword of judgment, or plague or famine, we will stand in your presence before this temple that bears your Name and will cry out to you in our distress, and you will hear us and save us.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:20 - King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz cried out in prayer to heaven about this.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:4 - Standing on the stairs of the Levites were Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani and Kenani. They cried out with loud voices to the LORD their God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:28 - “But as soon as they were at rest, they again did what was evil in your sight. Then you abandoned them to the hand of their enemies so that they ruled over them. And when they cried out to you again, you heard from heaven, and in your compassion you delivered them time after time.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:1 - When Mordecai learned of all that had been done, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the city, wailing loudly and bitterly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:38 - “if my land cries out against me and all its furrows are wet with tears,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 35:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:9 - “People cry out under a load of oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the powerful.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:5 - To you they cried out and were saved; in you they trusted and were not put to shame.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:13 - Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:19 - Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 142:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 142:1 - [fn]A maskil[fn] of David. When he was in the cave. A prayer. I cry aloud to the LORD; I lift up my voice to the LORD for mercy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 142:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 142:5 - I cry to you, LORD; I say, “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:31

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:31 - Wail, you gate! Howl, you city! Melt away, all you Philistines! A cloud of smoke comes from the north, and there is not a straggler in its ranks.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:4 - Heshbon and Elealeh cry out, their voices are heard all the way to Jahaz. Therefore the armed men of Moab cry out, and their hearts are faint.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 15:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:5 - My heart cries out over Moab; her fugitives flee as far as Zoar, as far as Eglath Shelishiyah. They go up the hill to Luhith, weeping as they go; on the road to Horonaim they lament their destruction.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 26:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:17 - As a pregnant woman about to give birth writhes and cries out in her pain, so were we in your presence, LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 57:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:13 - When you cry out for help, let your collection of idols save you! The wind will carry all of them off, a mere breath will blow them away. But whoever takes refuge in me will inherit the land and possess my holy mountain.”

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