24 to entrust his mercy with us, and let him deliver us in his time! (WEB) 25 With two nations my soul is vexed, and the third is no nation: (WEB) 26 Those who sit on the mountain of Samaria, the Philistines, and the foolish people who live in Shechem. (WEB)
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