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Lexicon :: Strong's H2534 - ḥēmâ

Aa
חֵמָה
Transliteration
ḥēmâ
Pronunciation
khay-maw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 860a

Strong’s Definitions

חֵמָה chêmâh, khay-maw'; or (Daniel 11:44) חֵמָא chêmâʼ; from H3179; heat; figuratively, anger, poison (from its fever):—anger, bottles, hot displeasure, furious(-ly, -ry), heat, indignation, poison, rage, wrath(-ful). See H2529.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 124x

The KJV translates Strong's H2534 in the following manner: fury (67x), wrath (34x), poison (6x), furious (4x), displeasure (3x), rage (2x), anger (1x), bottles (1x), furious (with H1167) (1x), furiously (1x), heat (1x), indignation (1x), wrathful (1x), wroth (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 124x
The KJV translates Strong's H2534 in the following manner: fury (67x), wrath (34x), poison (6x), furious (4x), displeasure (3x), rage (2x), anger (1x), bottles (1x), furious (with H1167) (1x), furiously (1x), heat (1x), indignation (1x), wrathful (1x), wroth (1x).

  1. heat, rage, hot displeasure, indignation, anger, wrath, poison, bottles

    1. heat

      1. fever

      2. venom, poison (fig.)

    2. burning anger, rage

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֵמָה chêmâh, khay-maw'; or (Daniel 11:44) חֵמָא chêmâʼ; from H3179; heat; figuratively, anger, poison (from its fever):—anger, bottles, hot displeasure, furious(-ly, -ry), heat, indignation, poison, rage, wrath(-ful). See H2529.
STRONGS H2534: Abbreviations
חֵמָה (once חֵמָא): 121 noun feminine heat, rage (for יְחֵמָה ֗֗֗; Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic יַחְמָא poison, aXtmeo heat, wrath, poison, BrockLex. 116, also Nö§ 103; Arabic حُمَةً poison, Lane651; Assyrian imtu, spittle, breath, poison, DlHWB 78 Muss-ArnCD 62) — absolute חֵמָה Nahum 1:2 + 39 times; חֵמָא Daniel 11:44; construct חֲמַת Genesis 27:44 + 25 times; suffix חֲמָתִי Jeremiah 4:4 + 36 times; חֲמָֽתְךָ Jeremiah 10:25 + 8 times; חֲמָתֶ֑ךָ Psalm 88:8; Psalm 89:47; חֲמָתוֺ Isaiah 51:17 + 8 times; חֲמָתָם Job 6:4; plural חֵמוֺת Proverbs 22:24, חֵמֹת Psalm 76:11; —
1. heat;
a. fever, חֲמַת מִיַּיִן Hosea 7:5 fever from wine, wine-fever (on stative construct see Ges§ 130, 1).
b. venom, poison (figurative): חֲמַת זֹחֲלֵי עָפָר Deuteronomy 32:24; תַּנִּינִים ח׳ Deuteronomy 32:33; נָחָשׁ ח׳ Psalm 58:5 compare Psalm 58:5; עַכְשׁוּב ח׳ Psalm 140:4; poison of arrows (of י׳) Job 6:4.
2. burning anger, rage:
a. of man: Genesis 27:44 (J), 2 Samuel 11:20; 2 Kings 5:12; Esther 1:12; Esther 2:1; Esther 3:5; Esther 5:9 (against, עַל), Esther 7:7, 10; Psalm 37:8 (|| אַף), Psalm 76:11 (yet on text see Che), Proverbs 6:34; Proverbs 15:1, 18 (אִישׁ חֵמָה man of rage = raging or wrathful man), Proverbs 16:4; Proverbs 19:19 (גְּדָלאח׳ Qr＝one great in rage, see De Now), Proverbs 27:4 (|| אַף), Isaiah 51:13 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 23:25; אִישׁ חֵמוֺת Proverbs 22:24 (|| בַּעַל אָ֑ף); בַּעַל חֵמָה Proverbs 29:22 (|| אִישׁ אַף); חֵמָה עַזָּה strong rage Proverbs 21:14 (|| אַף); חֲמַת רוּחִי Ezekiel 3:14 the rage of my spirit.
b. of the he-goat in Daniel's vision, בַּחֲמַת כֹחוֺ Daniel 8:6 in the fury of his power.
c. of God (י׳), often Jeremiah, Isaiah2, Ezekiel, Psalms: Jeremiah 4:4 + 16 times Jeremiah; 2 Kings 22:13, 17; Isaiah 27:4 (Hi Ew Di Du; on other interpretations, and on text see Di), Isaiah 63:5; Lamentations 2:4; Ezekiel 5:13 + 29 times Ezekiel; Numbers 25:11 (P), 2 Chronicles 12:7; 34:21, 25; 36:16; Psalm 59:14; Psalm 79:6; Psalm 88:8; Psalm 89:47; Psalm 106:23; Job 21:20; apparently also Job 19:29; Job 36:18 see Di; often || אַף Micah 5:14; Deuteronomy 9:19; Deuteronomy 29:22; Isaiah 42:25 (אַפּוֹ as appositive, + עֱזוּז מִלְחָמָה), Isaiah 63:3, 6; Daniel 9:16; Psalm 6:2; Psalm 78:38; Psalm 90:7; לְהָשִׁיב אַפּוֹ בְּחֵמָהֺ Psalm 66:15 (|| וְגַעֲרַתוֺ בְּלַהֲבֵיאֵֿשׁ), + Jeremiah 23:19; Jeremiah 30:23 of the whirlwind of י׳; || אַף + קֶצֶף גָּדוֺל Deuteronomy 29:27; Jeremiah 21:5; Jeremiah 32:37; || אַף + תֹּכְחוֺת חֵמָה Ezekiel 5:15, compare תּוֺכְחוֺת חֵמָה alone Ezekiel 25:17; || אַפּוֹ חֲרוֺן Nahum 1:6; Lamentations 4:11; || קֶצֶף Isaiah 34:2 (of fury against, על), Psalm 38:2; || גְּעָרָה Isaiah 51:20; || גְּמוּל Isaiah 59:18; || קִנְאָה Ezekiel 36:6, compare חֵמָה גְדוֺלָה קִנֵּאתִי Zechariah 8:2 (|| קִנְאָה גדולה); דַּם חֵמָה וְקִנְאָה Ezekiel 16:38 (on text see Co); חֲמַת קֶ֑רִי Leviticus 26:28 rage of meeting, i.e. encountering them in rage; כּוֺס חֲמָתוֺ(ת־ִיׅ Isaiah 51:17, 22 the cup of his (my) fury; כּוֺס הַיַּיִן הַחֵמָה הַזּאֹת Jeremiah 25:15; בַּעַל חֵמָה a possessor of fury＝furious Nahum 1:2 (|| נֹקֵם, אֵל קִנּוֺא).
[חֵמָה עַל＝rage against one: Isaiah 34:2; 2 Chronicles 28:9. — Verbs used with חֵמָה are:
2. a.: שׁוּב Genesis 27:44, הֵשִׁיב Proverbs 15:1, עָלָה 2 Samuel 11:20, בָּעַר Esther 1:12, שָׁכַךְ Esther 2:1; Esther 7:10;
2. c.: הֵשִׁיב turn away wrath of י׳ Numbers 25:11; Psalm 106:23; Jeremiah 18:20 (but הָשִׁיכ בְּחֵמָה אַפּוֹ Isaiah 66:15 to recompense his anger in fury, give it as requital); י׳ ח׳ is kindled against one יצת ב Niph. 2 Kings 22:13, 17; it burns בָּֽעֲרָה Jeremiah 4:4; Jeremiah 21:12; Jeremiah 44:6; Psalm 89:47; arises עלה 2 Chronicles 36:16, compare as object of עלה Hiph. Ezekiel 24:8; is poured out נִתְּכָה בְ 2 Chronicles 12:7; 34:21, 25; Jeremiah 7:20; נִתְּכָה עַל Jeremiah 42:18 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 44:6; נִתְּכָה כָאֵשׁ Nahum 1:6; י׳ pours it out שָׁפַךְ אֶל Psalm 79:6; שָׁפַךְ עַל Isaiah 42:25; Jeremiah 10:25; Ezekiel 7:8; Ezekiel 9:8; Ezekiel 14:19; Ezekiel 16:38 (according to Co's conjecture), Ezekiel 20:8, 13, 21; Ezekiel 22:22; Ezekiel 30:15; Ezekiel 36:18; שָׁפַךְ כָּאֵשׁ Lamentations 2:4; חֵמָה שְׁפוּכָה Ezekiel 20:33, 34; בְ הֵנִיחַ ח׳ bring to rest (i.e. satisfy) one's fury upon Ezekiel 5:13; Ezekiel 16:42; Ezekiel 24:13; כִּלָּה ח׳ Lamentations 4:11; + בְּ Ezekiel 5:13 I have accomplished my fury upon them (in their case), Ezekiel 6:12; Ezekiel 13:15.]

Biblical Aramaic

יחם (√ of following; see Biblical Hebrew יָחַם, whence חֵמָה).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

27:44; 27:44; 27:44

Leviticus

26:28

Numbers

25:11; 25:11

Deuteronomy

9:19; 29:22; 29:27; 32:24; 32:33

2 Samuel

11:20; 11:20

2 Kings

5:12; 22:13; 22:13; 22:17; 22:17

2 Chronicles

12:7; 12:7; 28:9; 34:21; 34:21; 34:25; 34:25; 36:16; 36:16

Esther

1:12; 1:12; 2:1; 2:1; 3:5; 5:9; 7:7; 7:10; 7:10

Job

6:4; 6:4; 19:29; 21:20; 36:18

Psalms

6:2; 37:8; 38:2; 58:5; 58:5; 59:14; 66:15; 76:11; 76:11; 78:38; 79:6; 79:6; 88:8; 88:8; 89:47; 89:47; 89:47; 90:7; 106:23; 106:23; 140:4

Proverbs

6:34; 15:1; 15:1; 15:18; 16:4; 19:19; 21:14; 22:24; 22:24; 27:4; 29:22

Isaiah

27:4; 34:2; 34:2; 42:25; 42:25; 51:13; 51:17; 51:17; 51:20; 51:22; 59:18; 63:3; 63:5; 63:6; 66:15

Jeremiah

4:4; 4:4; 4:4; 7:20; 10:25; 10:25; 18:20; 21:5; 21:12; 23:19; 25:15; 30:23; 32:37; 42:18; 44:6; 44:6

Lamentations

2:4; 2:4; 4:11; 4:11

Ezekiel

3:14; 5:13; 5:13; 5:13; 5:15; 6:12; 7:8; 9:8; 13:15; 14:19; 16:38; 16:38; 16:42; 20:8; 20:13; 20:21; 20:33; 20:34; 22:22; 23:25; 24:8; 24:13; 25:17; 30:15; 36:6; 36:18

Daniel

8:6; 9:16; 11:44

Hosea

7:5

Micah

5:14

Nahum

1:2; 1:2; 1:6; 1:6

Zechariah

8:2

H2534

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2534 matches the Hebrew חֵמָה (ḥēmâ),
which occurs 124 times in 117 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 27:44–Isa 27:4)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:44 - And be there with him for a little time, till your brother's wrath is turned away;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:28 - Then my wrath will be burning against you, and I will give you punishment, I myself, seven times for your sins.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:11 - Through Phinehas, and because of his passion for my honour, my wrath has been turned away from the children of Israel, so that I have not sent destruction on them all in my wrath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:19 - For I was full of fear because of the wrath of the Lord which was burning against you, with your destruction in view. But again the Lord's ear was open to my prayer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:23 - And that all the land is a salt and smoking waste, not planted or giving fruit or clothed with grass, but wasted like Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, on which the Lord sent destruction in the heat of his wrath:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:28 - Rooting them out of their land, in the heat of his wrath and passion, and driving them out into another land, as at this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:24 - They will be wasted from need of food, and overcome by burning heat and bitter destruction; and the teeth of beasts I will send on them, with the poison of the worms of the dust.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:33

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:33 - Their wine is the poison of dragons, the cruel poison of snakes.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:20 - If the king is angry and says, Why did you go so near the town for the fight? was it not certain that their archers would be on the wall?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:12 - Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not be washed in them and become clean? So turning, he went away in wrath.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:13 - Go and get directions from the Lord for me and for the people and for all Judah, about the words of this book which has come to light; for great is the wrath of the Lord which is burning against us, because our fathers have not given ear to the words of this book, to do all the things which are recorded in it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:17 - Because they have given me up, burning offerings to other gods and moving me to wrath by all the work of their hands; so my wrath will be on fire against this place, and will not be put out.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:7 - And the Lord, seeing that they had made themselves low, said to Shemaiah, They have made themselves low: I will not send destruction on them, but in a short time I will give them salvation, and will not let loose my wrath on Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:9 - But a prophet of the Lord was there, named Oded; and he went out in front of the army which was coming into Samaria and said to them, Truly, because the Lord, the God of your fathers, was angry with Judah, he gave them up into your hands, and you have put them to death in an outburst of wrath stretching up to heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:21 - Go and get directions from the Lord for me and for those who are still in Israel and for Judah, about the words of this book which has come to light; for great is the wrath of the Lord which has been let loose on us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the Lord or done what is recorded in this book.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:25 - Because they have given me up, burning offerings to other gods and moving me to wrath by all the works of their hands; so my wrath is let loose on this place and will not be put out.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:16 - But they put shame on the servants of God, making sport of his words and laughing at his prophets, till the wrath of God was moved against his people, till there was no help.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:12 - But when the servants gave her the king's order, Vashti the queen said she would not come: then the king was very angry, and his heart was burning with wrath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:1 - After these things, when the king's feelings were calmer, the thought of Vashti and what she had done and the order he had made against her, came back to his mind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:5 - And when Haman saw that Mordecai did not go down before him and give him honour, Haman was full of wrath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:9 - Then on that day Haman went out full of joy and glad in heart; but when he saw Mordecai in the king's doorway, and he did not get to his feet or give any sign of fear before him, Haman was full of wrath against Mordecai.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:7 - And the king in his wrath got up from the feast and went into the garden: and Haman got to his feet to make a prayer for his life to Esther the queen: for he saw that the king's purpose was evil against him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:10 - So Haman was put to death by hanging him on the pillar he had made for Mordecai. Then the king's wrath became less.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:4 - For the arrows of the Ruler of all are present with me, and their poison goes deep into my spirit: his army of fears is put in order against me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:29 - Be in fear of the sword, for the sword is the punishment for such things, so that you may be certain that there is a judge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:20 - Let his eyes see his trouble, and let him be full of the wrath of the Ruler of all!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:1 - <To the chief music-maker on corded instruments, on the Sheminith. A Psalm. Of David.> O Lord, do not be bitter with me in your wrath; do not send punishment on me in the heat of your passion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:8 - Put an end to your wrath and be no longer bitter; do not give way to angry feeling which is a cause of sin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:1 - <A Psalm. Of David. To keep in memory.> O Lord, be not bitter with me in your wrath; let not your hand be on me in the heat of your passion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:4 - Their poison is like the poison of a snake; they are like the adder, whose ears are shut;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:13 - Put an end to them in your wrath, put an end to them, so that they may not be seen again; let them see that God is ruling in Jacob and to the ends of the earth. (Selah.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:10 - The ... will give you praise; the rest of ...

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:38 - But he, being full of pity, has forgiveness for sin, and does not put an end to man: frequently turning back his wrath, and not being violently angry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:6 - Let your wrath be on the nations who have no knowledge of you, and on the kingdoms who have not made prayer to your name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:7 - The weight of your wrath is crushing me, all your waves have overcome me. (Selah.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:46 - How long, O Lord, will you Keep yourself for ever from our eyes? how long will your wrath be burning like fire?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:7 - We are burned up by the heat of your passion, and troubled by your wrath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:23 - And he was purposing to put an end to them if Moses, his special servant, had not gone up before him, between him and his people, turning back his wrath, to keep them from destruction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:3 - Their tongues are sharp like the tongue of a snake; the poison of snakes is under their lips. (Selah.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:34 - For bitter is the wrath of an angry husband; in the day of punishment he will have no mercy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:1 - By a soft answer wrath is turned away, but a bitter word is a cause of angry feelings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:18 - An angry man makes men come to blows, but he who is slow to get angry puts an end to fighting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:14 - The wrath of the king is like those who give news of death, but a wise man will put peace in place of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:19 - A man of great wrath will have to take his punishment: for if you get him out of trouble you will have to do it again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:14 - By a secret offering wrath is turned away, and the heat of angry feelings by money in the folds of the robe.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:24 - Do not be friends with a man who is given to wrath; do not go in the company of an angry man:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:4 - Wrath is cruel, and angry feeling an overflowing stream; but who does not give way before envy?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:22 - An angry man is the cause of fighting, and a man given to wrath does much wrong.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:4 - My passion is over: if the thorns were fighting against me, I would make an attack on them, and they would be burned up together.

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