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Lexicon :: Strong's H8074 - šāmēm

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שָׁמֵם
Transliteration
šāmēm
Pronunciation
shaw-mame'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2409

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁמֵם shâmêm, shaw-mame'; a primitive root; to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense):—make amazed, be astonied, (be an) astonish(-ment), (be, bring into, unto, lay, lie, make) desolate(-ion, places), be destitute, destroy (self), (lay, lie, make) waste, wonder.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 92x

The KJV translates Strong's H8074 in the following manner: desolate (49x), astonished (20x), desolation (7x), waste (5x), destroy (3x), wondered (2x), amazed (1x), astonishment (1x), miscellaneous (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 92x
The KJV translates Strong's H8074 in the following manner: desolate (49x), astonished (20x), desolation (7x), waste (5x), destroy (3x), wondered (2x), amazed (1x), astonishment (1x), miscellaneous (4x).

  1. to be desolate, be appalled, stun, stupefy

    1. (Qal)

      1. to be desolated, be deflowered, be deserted, be appalled

      2. to be appalled, be awestruck

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to be desolated, be made desolate

      2. to be appalled

    3. (Polel)

      1. to be stunned

      2. appalling, causing horror (participle)

        1. horror-causer, appaller (subst)

    4. (Hiphil)

      1. to devastate, ravage, make desolated

      2. to appal, show horror

    5. (Hophal) to lay desolate, be desolated

    6. (Hithpolel)

      1. to cause to be desolate

      2. to be appalled, be astounded

      3. to cause oneself desolation, cause oneself ruin

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁמֵם shâmêm, shaw-mame'; a primitive root; to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense):—make amazed, be astonied, (be an) astonish(-ment), (be, bring into, unto, lay, lie, make) desolate(-ion, places), be destitute, destroy (self), (lay, lie, make) waste, wonder.
STRONGS H8074: Abbreviations
† [שָׁמֵם] verb be desoleted, appalled (connection of meanings not clear) (Late Hebrew id.; Jewish-Aramaic שְׁמַם Ithp. be dazed); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person feminine singular שָׁמֵ֑מָה Ezekiel 35:15, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִשֹּׁם; 1 Kings 9:8 +, 3rd person masculine plural יָשֹּׁ֫מּוּ Job 17:8; Psalm 40:16, etc.; Imperative masculine plural שֹׁ֫מוּ Jeremiah 2:19; Infinitive construct (?) metaplastic שַׁמוֺת Ezekiel 36:3 (Ges§ 67r, but see infra); — תֵּשַׁם, etc. (see [יָשַׁם]) are placed here by most; Ezekiel 6:6 reads תִּישָׁ֑מְנָה, see Ges § 67 p dd; — Participle שׁוֺמֵם Lamentations 3:11 (see also Pō`); feminine שֹׁמֵמָ֔ה (Ges§ 84a s) 2 Samuel 13:20 +; plural שׁוֺמֵמִין Lamentations 1:14, etc.; —
1. be desolated, of Tamar 2 Samuel 13:20 (i.e. deflowered, or deserted; others appalled), of person elsewhere late Lamentations 1:16; נְתָנַנִי שֹׁמֵמָה Lamentations 1:13, שָׂמַ֫נִי שׁ׳ Lamentations 3:11; participle as feminine noun בְּנֵי שׁוֺמֵמָה Isaiah 54:1 (opposed to בְּעוּלָה) [Daniel 8:13 — Pō`.]; usually of land, etc. (sometimes=deserted), Isaiah 49:8; Ezekiel 33:28 (מֵאֵין עוֺבֵר), Ezekiel 35:12 (read שָֽׁמְמוּ Qr Co Toy Krae; >Kt שׁממה), Ezekiel 35:15; הֶחְָרָבוֺת הַשֹּׁמִמוֺת Ezekiel 36:4 (|| הֶעָרִים הַנֱּעֶזָבוֺת שַׁמּוֺת) Ezekiel 36:3 is probably corrupt, Co שְׁאָט as Ezekiel 36:5, Hi-Sm from שׁמה = נשׁם, Toy reads נָשֹׁם, Krae נָשֹׁם; — participle feminine plural as noun = desolate places Isaiah 49:19; Isaiah 61:4 (both || חֳרָבוֺת), Isaiah 61:4 (compare שְׁמָמָה Isaiah 62:4); = desolations Daniel 9:18, 26.
2. be appalled, awestruck, usually at (עַל) judgments on others, Leviticus 26:32 (H), Jeremiah 2:12 (see II. [חָרֵב]), Ezekiel 26:16; Ezekiel 27:35; Ezekiel 28:19; Isaiah 52:14; Job 17:8, compare 1 Kings 9:8 2 Chronicles 7:12; Jeremiah 18:16; Jeremiah 19:8; Jeremiah 49:17; Jeremiah 50:13; on oneself Psalm 40:16 (עַלעֵֿקֶב). — Isaiah 42:14 see [נשׁם].
Niph. Perfect 3rd person feminine singular נָשַׁ֫מָּה Jeremiah 12:11 +, 3rd person plural נָשַׁ֫נּוּ Zephaniah 3:6 +; Participle feminine נְשַׁמָּה Ezekiel 36:34 +, etc.; — = Qal:
1. be desolated, of roads Leviticus 26:22 (H), Isaiah 33:8, bamoth Amos 7:9 (|| יֶחֱרָ֑בוּ), altars Ezekiel 6:4; compare Ezekiel 25:3; Ezekiel 32:15; Zephaniah 3:6; Zechariah 7:14; Joel 1:17; Psalm 69:26; of lands Ezekiel 29:12; Ezekiel 30:7; Ezekiel 36:34, 35, cities Isaiah 54:3 (opposed to יוֺשִׁיבוּ), compare Ezekiel 36:35; Amos 9:14; Jeremiah 33:10; הַנְּשַׁמָּה Ezekiel 36:36 the desolated (that is, land, in figure).
2. be appalled Jeremiah 4:9; Lamentations 4:5; Ezekiel 4:17; Ezekiel 30:7, with עַל of thing Job 18:20.
Pō`. Participle
1. וֵָֽֽֽאשְׁבָה מְשׁוֺמֵם Ezra 9:3I sat appalled, compare Ezra 9:4
2. transitive appalling, causing horror (DrDan 150 f.): (הַ)שִּׁקּוּץ מְשֹׁמֵם Daniel 11:31, + perhaps Daniel 9:27a (see שִׁקּוּץ); so also שֹׁמֵם שִׁוּ׳ Daniel 12:11 (on שׁ׳ see Ges§ 52s), שֹׁמֵם הַפֶּשַׁע Daniel 8:13 the crime causing horror, and שׁ׳ as noun horror-causer, appaller, Daniel 9:27b.
Hiph. Perfect 2nd person masculine singular הֲשִׁמּ֫וֺתָ Job 16:7, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יַשּׁים (Ges§ 67y) Jeremiah 49:20; Jeremiah 50:45, 3rd person masculine plural suffix וַיְשִׁמֵּם 1 Samuel 5:6, 1st person plural נַשִּׁים Numbers 21:30, etc.; Imperative masculine plural הָשַׁמּוּ (Ges§ 67v) Job 21:5; Infinitive absolute הַשְׁמֵם Micah 6:13; Participle מַשְׁמִים Ezekiel 3:15; —
1. devastate, ravage, accusative of person 1 Samuel 5:6; Ezekiel 20:26; Hosea 2:14 (figurative of vine), Job 16:7; accusative of location Leviticus 26:31, 32 (H) Jeremiah 10:25; Ezekiel 30:12, 14; Psalm 79:7, so (accusative omitted) Numbers 21:30 (poem in J E), Micah 6:13; — Ezekiel 14:8 see שִׂים Hiph.
2.
a. appal, accusative of person, with עַל at, Jeremiah 49:20; Jeremiah 50:45; Ezekiel 32:10.
b. inwardly transitive, וָאֵשֵׁב מִשׁ׳ Ezekiel 3:15 shewing horror, Job 21:5 (Bu Niph. הִשַּׁמוּ).
Hoph. Infinitive construct כָּליְֿמֵי הָשַּׁמָּה (that is הָאָרֶץ) Leviticus 26:34 (H) all the days of (its) being desolate, so Leviticus 26:35; 2 Chronicles 36:21; Aramaizing, בָּהְשַׁמָּה (Ges§ 67y) Leviticus 26:43.
Hithpō`. Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִשְׁתּוֺמֵם Psalm 143:4, etc.; —
1. be appalled, astounded, כִּי that, because, Isaiah 59:16; Isaiah 63:5; עַל of thing Daniel 8:27; עבּתוֺכִי יִשְׁתּ׳ Psalm 143:4 (compare 1st person plural נשתומם Ecclus. 43:24).
2. cause oneself desolation, ruin, Ecclesiastes 7:16.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H8075.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Leviticus

26:22; 26:31; 26:32; 26:32; 26:34; 26:35; 26:43

Numbers

21:30; 21:30

1 Samuel

5:6; 5:6

2 Samuel

13:20; 13:20

1 Kings

9:8; 9:8

2 Chronicles

7:12; 36:21

Ezra

9:3; 9:4

Job

16:7; 16:7; 17:8; 17:8; 18:20; 21:5; 21:5

Psalms

40:16; 40:16; 69:26; 79:7; 143:4; 143:4

Ecclesiastes

7:16

Isaiah

33:8; 42:14; 49:8; 49:19; 52:14; 54:1; 54:3; 59:16; 61:4; 61:4; 62:4; 63:5

Jeremiah

2:12; 2:19; 4:9; 10:25; 12:11; 18:16; 19:8; 33:10; 49:17; 49:20; 49:20; 50:13; 50:45; 50:45

Lamentations

1:13; 1:14; 1:16; 3:11; 3:11; 4:5

Ezekiel

3:15; 3:15; 4:17; 6:4; 6:6; 14:8; 20:26; 25:3; 26:16; 27:35; 28:19; 29:12; 30:7; 30:7; 30:12; 30:14; 32:10; 32:15; 33:28; 35:12; 35:15; 35:15; 36:3; 36:3; 36:4; 36:5; 36:34; 36:34; 36:35; 36:35; 36:36

Daniel

8:13; 8:13; 8:27; 9:18; 9:26; 9:27; 9:27; 11:31; 12:11

Hosea

2:14

Joel

1:17

Amos

7:9; 9:14

Micah

6:13; 6:13

Zephaniah

3:6; 3:6

Zechariah

7:14

H8074

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Strong's Number H8074 matches the Hebrew שָׁמֵם (šāmēm),
which occurs 86 times in 80 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Lev 26:22–Eze 14:8)

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:22 - I will send wild animals against you, and they will rob you of your children, destroy your cattle and make you so few in number that your roads will be deserted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:31 - I will turn your cities into ruins and lay waste your sanctuaries, and I will take no delight in the pleasing aroma of your offerings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:32

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:32 - I myself will lay waste the land, so that your enemies who live there will be appalled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:34 - Then the land will enjoy its sabbath years all the time that it lies desolate and you are in the country of your enemies; then the land will rest and enjoy its sabbaths.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:35 - All the time that it lies desolate, the land will have the rest it did not have during the sabbaths you lived in it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:43

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:43 - For the land will be deserted by them and will enjoy its sabbaths while it lies desolate without them. They will pay for their sins because they rejected my laws and abhorred my decrees.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:30 - “But we have overthrown them; Heshbon’s dominion has been destroyed all the way to Dibon. We have demolished them as far as Nophah, which extends to Medeba.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:6 - The LORD’s hand was heavy on the people of Ashdod and its vicinity; he brought devastation on them and afflicted them with tumors.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:8 - This temple will become a heap of rubble. All[fn] who pass by will be appalled and will scoff and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 7:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:21 - This temple will become a heap of rubble. All[fn] who pass by will be appalled and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:21 - The land enjoyed its sabbath rests; all the time of its desolation it rested, until the seventy years were completed in fulfillment of the word of the LORD spoken by Jeremiah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:3 - When I heard this, I tore my tunic and cloak, pulled hair from my head and beard and sat down appalled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:4 - Then everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel gathered around me because of this unfaithfulness of the exiles. And I sat there appalled until the evening sacrifice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:7 - Surely, God, you have worn me out; you have devastated my entire household.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:8 - The upright are appalled at this; the innocent are aroused against the ungodly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:20 - People of the west are appalled at his fate; those of the east are seized with horror.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:5 - Look at me and be appalled; clap your hand over your mouth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:15 - May those who say to me, “Aha! Aha!” be appalled at their own shame.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:25 - May their place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in their tents.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 79:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:7 - for they have devoured Jacob and devastated his homeland.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 143:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 143:4 - So my spirit grows faint within me; my heart within me is dismayed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:16 - Do not be overrighteous, neither be overwise— why destroy yourself?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:8 - The highways are deserted, no travelers are on the roads. The treaty is broken, its witnesses[fn] are despised, no one is respected.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:8 - This is what the LORD says: “In the time of my favor I will answer you, and in the day of salvation I will help you; I will keep you and will make you to be a covenant for the people, to restore the land and to reassign its desolate inheritances,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:19 - “Though you were ruined and made desolate and your land laid waste, now you will be too small for your people, and those who devoured you will be far away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:14 - Just as there were many who were appalled at him[fn]— his appearance was so disfigured beyond that of any human being and his form marred beyond human likeness—

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:1 - “Sing, barren woman, you who never bore a child; burst into song, shout for joy, you who were never in labor; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband,”

says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:3 - For you will spread out to the right and to the left; your descendants will dispossess nations and settle in their desolate cities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:16 - He saw that there was no one, he was appalled that there was no one to intervene; so his own arm achieved salvation for him, and his own righteousness sustained him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:4 - They will rebuild the ancient ruins and restore the places long devastated; they will renew the ruined cities that have been devastated for generations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:5 - I looked, but there was no one to help, I was appalled that no one gave support; so my own arm achieved salvation for me, and my own wrath sustained me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:12 - Be appalled at this, you heavens, and shudder with great horror,”

declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:9 - “In that day,” declares the LORD, “the king and the officials will lose heart, the priests will be horrified, and the prophets will be appalled.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:25 - Pour out your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge you, on the peoples who do not call on your name. For they have devoured Jacob; they have devoured him completely and destroyed his homeland.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:11 - It will be made a wasteland, parched and desolate before me; the whole land will be laid waste because there is no one who cares.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:16 - Their land will be an object of horror and of lasting scorn; all who pass by will be appalled and will shake their heads.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:8 - I will devastate this city and make it an object of horror and scorn; all who pass by will be appalled and will scoff because of all its wounds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:10 - “This is what the LORD says: ‘You say about this place, “It is a desolate waste, without people or animals.” Yet in the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem that are deserted, inhabited by neither people nor animals, there will be heard once more

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:17 - “Edom will become an object of horror; all who pass by will be appalled and will scoff because of all its wounds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:20 - Therefore, hear what the LORD has planned against Edom, what he has purposed against those who live in Teman: The young of the flock will be dragged away; their pasture will be appalled at their fate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:13 - Because of the LORD’s anger she will not be inhabited but will be completely desolate. All who pass Babylon will be appalled; they will scoff because of all her wounds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:45 - Therefore, hear what the LORD has planned against Babylon, what he has purposed against the land of the Babylonians: The young of the flock will be dragged away; their pasture will be appalled at their fate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:4 - The roads to Zion mourn, for no one comes to her appointed festivals. All her gateways are desolate, her priests groan, her young women grieve, and she is in bitter anguish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:16 - “This is why I weep and my eyes overflow with tears. No one is near to comfort me, no one to restore my spirit. My children are destitute because the enemy has prevailed.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:5 - Those who once ate delicacies are destitute in the streets. Those brought up in royal purple now lie on ash heaps.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:18 - for Mount Zion, which lies desolate, with jackals prowling over it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:15 - I came to the exiles who lived at Tel Aviv near the Kebar River. And there, where they were living, I sat among them for seven days—deeply distressed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:17 - for food and water will be scarce. They will be appalled at the sight of each other and will waste away because of[fn] their sin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:4 - Your altars will be demolished and your incense altars will be smashed; and I will slay your people in front of your idols.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:8 - I will set my face against them and make them an example and a byword. I will remove them from my people. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

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