The LORD hath taken away thy (k) judgments, he hath cast out thine (l) enemy: the king of Israel, [even] the LORD, [is] in the midst of (m) thee: thou shalt not see evil any more.
(k) That is, the punishment for your sin.
(l) As the Assyrians, Chaldaeans, Egyptians, and other nations.
(m) To defend you, as by your sins you have put him away, and left yourself naked, as in (Exodus 32:25).
Verse Zephaniah 3:15. _THE KING OF ISRAEL,_ EVEN _THE LORD,_ IS _IN THE MIDST OF_ _THEE_] They have never had a _king_ since the death of Zedekiah, and never shall have one till they have the _King Me...
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הֵסִ֤יר יְהוָה֙ מִשְׁפָּטַ֔יִךְ פִּנָּ֖ה אֹֽיְבֵ֑ךְ מֶ֣לֶךְ...
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Amos 9:15; Ezekiel 37:24; Ezekiel 37:25; Ezekiel 37:26; Ezekiel 39:
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