20 The LORD’s anointed, the breath of our life, was captured in their pits. We had said of him, “Under his shadow we will live among the nations.”
Lamentations 4:20
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Testament of Joseph 1:8–10
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Psalms 89:50–52
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Psalms 35:16–18
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2 Esdras 6:57–59
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Isaiah 22:16–18
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