Isaiah 52:9
Give sounds of joy, make melody together, waste places of Jerusalem: for the Lord has given comfort to his people, he has taken up the cause of Jerusalem.
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Isaiah 52:9
Give sounds of joy, make melody together, waste places of Jerusalem: for the Lord has given comfort to his people, he has taken up the cause of Jerusalem.
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Genesis 48:16
The angel who has been my saviour from all evil, send his blessing on these children: and let my name and the name of my fathers, Abraham and Isaac, be given to them; and let them become a great nation in the earth.
Exodus 15:13
In your mercy you went before the people whom you have made yours; guiding them in your strength to your holy place.
Job 19:25
But I am certain that he who will take up my cause is living, and that in time to come he will take his place on the dust;
Psalms 119:154
Undertake my cause, and come to my help, give me life, as you have said.
Proverbs 23:10
Do not let the landmark of the widow be moved, and do not go into the fields of those who have no father;
Proverbs 23:11
For their saviour is strong, and he will take up their cause against you.
Isaiah 43:2
When you go through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they will not go over you: when you go through the fire, you will not be burned; and the flame will have no power over you.
Isaiah 43:3
For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your saviour; I have given Egypt as a price for you, Ethiopia and Seba for you.
Isaiah 60:16
And you will take the milk of the nations, flowing from the breast of kings; and you will see that I, the Lord, am your saviour, and he who takes up your cause, the Strong One of Jacob.
Isaiah 62:12
And they will be named, The holy people, Those whose cause has been taken up by the Lord: and you will be named, Desired, A town not given up.
Isaiah 63:9
It was no sent one or angel, but he himself who was their saviour: in his love and in his pity he took up their cause, and he took them in his arms, caring for them all through the years.
Jeremiah 50:34
Their saviour is strong; the Lord of armies is his name: he will certainly take up their cause, so that he may give rest to the earth and trouble to the people of Babylon.
Lamentations 3:58
O Lord, you have taken up the cause of my soul, you have made my life safe.
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Judges 5:12
Awake! awake! Deborah: awake! awake! give a song: Up! Barak, and take prisoner those who took you prisoner, O son of Abinoam.
Psalms 57:8
You are my glory; let the instruments of music be awake; I myself will be awake with the dawn.
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Ezra 1:1
Now in the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia, in order that the word of the Lord given by the mouth of Jeremiah might come true, the spirit of Cyrus, king of Persia, was moved by the Lord, so that he made a public statement through all his kingdom, and put it in writing, saying,
Ezra 1:2
These are the words of Cyrus, king of Persia: The Lord God of heaven has given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he has made me responsible for building a house for him in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
Isaiah 45:13
I have sent him out to overcome the nations, and I will make all his ways straight: I will give him the work of building my town, and he will let my prisoners go free, without price or reward, says the Lord of armies.
Jeremiah 51:10
The Lord has made clear our righteousness: come, and let us give an account in Zion of the work of the Lord our God.
Micah 4:10
Be in pain, make sounds of grief, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in childbirth: for now you will go out of the town, living in the open country, and will come even to Babylon; there you will have salvation; there the Lord will make you free from the hands of your haters.
Micah 7:8
Do not be glad because of my sorrow, O my hater: after my fall I will be lifted up; when I am seated in the dark, the Lord will be a light to me.
Micah 7:9
I will undergo the wrath of the Lord, because of my sin against him; till he takes up my cause and does what is right for me: when he makes me come out into the light, I will see his righteousness;
Micah 7:10
And my hater will see it and be covered with shame; she who said to me, Where is the Lord your God? my eyes will see their desire effected on her, now she will be crushed under foot like the dust of the streets.
Micah 7:11
A day for building your walls! in that day will your limits be stretched far and wide.
Micah 7:12
In that day they will come to you from Assyria and the towns of Egypt, and from Egypt even to the River, and from sea to sea and from mountain to mountain.
Micah 7:13
But the land will become a waste because of its people, as the fruit of their works.
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Psalms 32:2
Happy is the man in whom the Lord sees no evil, and in whose spirit there is no deceit.
Psalms 72:7
In his days may the upright do well, living in peace as long as there is a moon in heaven.
Psalms 72:8
Let his kingdom be from sea to sea, from the River to the ends of the earth.
Psalms 138:5
They will make songs about the ways of the Lord; for great is the glory of the Lord.
Isaiah 32:15
Till the spirit comes on us from on high, and the waste land becomes a fertile field, and the fertile field is changed into a wood.
Isaiah 32:16
Then in the waste land there will be an upright rule, and righteousness will have its place in the fertile field.
Isaiah 35:2
It will be flowering like the rose; it will be full of delight and songs; the glory of Lebanon will be given to it; the pride of Carmel and Sharon: they will see the glory of the Lord, the power of our God.
Isaiah 42:12
Let them give glory to the Lord, sounding his praise in the sea-lands.
Isaiah 45:8
Let righteousness come down, O heavens, from on high, and let the sky send it down like rain: let the earth be open to give the fruit of salvation, causing righteousness to come up with it; I the Lord have made it come about.
Isaiah 52:13
See, my servant will do well in his undertakings, he will be honoured, and lifted up, and be very high.
Isaiah 55:13
In place of the thorn will come up the fir-tree, and in place of the blackberry the myrtle: and it will be to the Lord for a name, for an eternal sign which will not be cut off.
Acts 3:19
So then, let your hearts be changed and be turned to God, so that your sins may be completely taken away, and times of blessing may come from the Lord;
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Psalms 65:13
The grass-land is thick with flocks; the valleys are full of grain; they give glad cries and songs of joy.
Psalms 96:13
Before the Lord, for he is come; he is come to be the judge of the earth; the earth will be judged in righteousness, and the peoples with unchanging faith.
Psalms 98:7
Let the sea be thundering, with all its waters; the world, and all who are living in it;
Psalms 98:8
Let the streams make sounds of joy with their hands; let the mountains be glad together,
Psalms 98:9
Before the Lord, for he has come as judge of the earth; judging the world in righteousness, and giving true decisions for the peoples.
Jeremiah 48:33
All joy is gone; no longer are they glad for the fertile field and for the land of Moab; I have made the wine come to an end from the crushing vessels: no longer will the grapes be crushed with the sound of glad voices.
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Isaiah 29:17
In a very short time Lebanon will become a fertile field, and the fertile field will seem like a wood.
Isaiah 42:13
The Lord will go out as a man of war, he will be moved to wrath like a fighting-man: his voice will be strong, he will give a loud cry; he will go against his attackers like a man of war.
Isaiah 49:3
And he said to me, You are my servant, Israel, in whom my glory will be seen;
Isaiah 54:2
Make wide the place of your tent, and let the curtains of your house be stretched out without limit: make your cords long, and your tent-pins strong.
Ezekiel 5:13
So my wrath will be complete and my passion will come to rest on them; and they will be certain that I the Lord have given the word of decision, when my wrath against them is complete.
Galatians 4:27
For it is in the Writings, You who have never given birth, be glad; give cries of joy, you who have had no birth-pains; for the children of her who has been given up by her husband are more than those of the woman who has a husband.
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Psalms 66:4
Let all the earth give you worship, and make songs to you; let them make songs to your name. (Selah.)
Isaiah 26:19
Your dead will come back; their dead bodies will come to life again. Those in the dust, awaking from their sleep, will send out a song; for your dew is a dew of light, and the earth will give birth to the shades.
Isaiah 40:3
A voice of one crying, Make ready in the waste land the way of the Lord, make level in the lowland a highway for our God.
Isaiah 44:22
I have put your evil doings out of my mind like a thick cloud, and your sins like a mist: come back to me; for I have taken up your cause.
Isaiah 49:9
Saying to those who are in chains, Go free; to those who are in the dark, Come out into the light. They will get food by the way wherever they go, and have grass-lands on all the dry mountain-tops.
Isaiah 49:11
And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways will be lifted up.
Isaiah 49:12
See, these are coming from far; and these from the north and the west; and these from the land of Sinim.
Isaiah 53:1
Who would have had faith in the word which has come to our ears, and to whom had the arm of the Lord been unveiled?
Isaiah 54:8
In overflowing wrath my face was veiled from you for a minute, but I will have pity on you for ever, says the Lord who takes up your cause.
Isaiah 59:20
And as a saviour he will come to Zion, turning away sin from Jacob, says the Lord.
Isaiah 66:14
And you will see it and your heart will be glad, and your bones will get new strength, like young grass: and the hand of the Lord will be seen at work for his servants, and his wrath against his haters.
Jeremiah 23:5
See, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will give to David a true Branch, and he will be ruling as king, acting wisely, doing what is right, and judging uprightly in the land.
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Isaiah 52:3
For the Lord says, You were given for nothing, and you will be made free without price.
Isaiah 52:4
For the Lord God says, My people went down at first into Egypt, to get a place for themselves there: and the Assyrian put a cruel yoke on them without cause.
Isaiah 52:6
For this cause I will make my name clear to my people; in that day they will be certain that it is my word which comes to them; see, here am I.
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Psalms 22:26
The poor will have a feast of good things: those who make search for the Lord will give him praise: your heart will have life for ever.
Psalms 25:9
He will be an upright guide to the poor in spirit: he will make his way clear to them.
Psalms 69:32
The poor will see it and be glad: you who are lovers of God, let your hearts have life.
Psalms 149:4
For the Lord has pleasure in his people: he gives the poor in spirit a crown of salvation.
Isaiah 61:1
The spirit of the Lord is on me, because I am marked out by him to give good news to the poor; he has sent me to make the broken-hearted well, to say that the prisoners will be made free, and that those in chains will see the light again;
Isaiah 61:2
To give knowledge that the year of the Lord's good pleasure has come, and the day of punishment from our God; to give comfort to all who are sad;
Isaiah 61:3
To give them a fair head-dress in place of dust, the oil of joy in place of the clothing of grief, praise in place of sorrow; so that they may be named trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, and so that he may have glory.
Isaiah 65:19
And I will be glad over Jerusalem, and have joy in my people: and the voice of weeping will no longer be sounding in her, or the voice of grief.
Matthew 5:3
Happy are the poor in spirit: for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.
Matthew 5:4
Happy are those who are sad: for they will be comforted.
Matthew 5:5
Happy are the gentle: for the earth will be their heritage.
Matthew 11:5
The blind see; those who were not able to, are walking; lepers are made clean; those who were without hearing, now have their ears open; the dead come to life again, and the poor have the good news given to them.
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Jeremiah 2:18
And now, what have you to do on the way to Egypt, to get your drink from the waters of the Nile? or what have you to do on the way to Assyria, to get your drink from the waters of the River?
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Jeremiah 2:36
Why do you go about so much for the purpose of changing your way? you will be shamed on account of Egypt, as you were shamed on account of Assyria.
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Nehemiah 4:6
So we went on building the wall; and all the wall was joined together half-way up: for the people were working hard.
Psalms 48:11
Let there be joy in the mountain of Zion, and let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of your wise decisions.
Psalms 102:13
You will again get up and have mercy on Zion: for the time has come for her to be comforted.
Psalms 102:14
For your servants take pleasure in her stones, looking with love on her dust.
Jeremiah 33:10
This is what the Lord has said: There will again be sounding in this place, of which you say, It is a waste, without man and without beast; even in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem which are waste and unpeopled, without man and without beast,
Jeremiah 33:12
This is what the Lord of armies has said: Again there will be in this place, which is a waste, without man and without beast, and in all its towns, a resting-place where the keepers of sheep will make their flocks take rest.
Jeremiah 33:13
In the towns of the hill-country, in the towns of the lowland, and in the towns of the South and in the land of Benjamin and in the country round Jerusalem and in the towns of Judah, the flocks will again go under the hand of him who is numbering them, says the Lord.
Ezekiel 36:33
This is what the Lord has said: In the day when I make you clean from all your evil-doings I will let the towns be peopled and there will be building on the waste places.
Ezekiel 36:36
Then the rest of the nations round about you will be certain that I the Lord am the builder of the places which were pulled down and the planter of that which was waste: I the Lord have said it, and I will do it.
Amos 9:14
And I will let the fate of my people Israel be changed, and they will be building up again the waste towns and living in them; they will again be planting vine-gardens and taking the wine for their drink; and they will make gardens and get the fruit of them.
Zechariah 1:17
And again let your voice be loud and say, This is what the Lord of armies has said: My towns will again be overflowing with good things, and again the Lord will give comfort to Zion and take Jerusalem for himself.
Matthew 21:4
Now this took place so that these words of the prophet might come true,
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Psalms 97:6
The heavens gave out the news of his righteousness, and all the people saw his glory.
Psalms 97:7
Shamed be all those who give worship to images, and take pride in false gods; give him worship, all you gods.
Zechariah 2:6
Ho, ho! go in flight from the land of the north, says the Lord: for I have sent you far and wide to the four winds of heaven, says the Lord.
Zechariah 2:7
Ho! Zion, go in flight from danger, you who are living with the daughter of Babylon.
Zechariah 2:8
For this is what the Lord of armies has said: In the way of glory he has sent me to the nations which have taken your goods: for anyone touching you is touching what is most dear to him.
Zechariah 2:9
For at the shaking of my hand over them, their goods will be taken by those who were their servants: and you will see that the Lord of armies has sent me.
Zechariah 2:10
Give songs of joy, O daughter of Zion: for I come, and I will make my resting-place among you, says the Lord.
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Ezra 3:11
And they gave praise to the Lord, answering one another in their songs and saying, For he is good, for his mercy to Israel is eternal. And all the people gave a great cry of joy, when they gave praise to the Lord, because the base of the Lord's house was put in place.
Ezra 3:12
But a number of the priests and Levites and the heads of families, old men who had seen the first house, when the base of this house was put down before their eyes, were overcome with weeping; and a number were crying out with joy:
Ezra 3:13
So that in the ears of the people the cry of joy was mixed with the sound of weeping; for the cries of the people were loud and came to the ears of those who were a long way off.
Ezra 6:22
And kept the feast of unleavened bread for seven days with joy: for the Lord had made them full of joy, by turning the heart of the king of Assyria to them to give them help in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.
Nehemiah 8:12
And all the people went away to take food and drink, and to send food to others, and to be glad, because the words which were said to them had been made clear.
Nehemiah 12:43
And on that day they made great offerings and were glad; for God had made them glad with great joy; and the women and the children were glad with them: so that the joy of Jerusalem came to the ears of those who were far off.
Isaiah 12:2
See, God is my salvation; I will have faith in the Lord, without fear: for the Lord Jah is my strength and song; and he has become my salvation.
Isaiah 12:4
And in that day you will say, Give praise to the Lord, let his name be honoured, give word of his doings among the peoples, say that his name is lifted up.
Jeremiah 31:7
For the Lord has said, Make a glad song for Jacob and give a cry on the top of the mountains: give the news, give praise, and say, The Lord has given salvation to his people, even to the rest of Israel.
Jeremiah 31:10
Give ear to the word of the Lord, O you nations, and give news of it in the sea-lands far away, and say, He who has sent Israel wandering will get him together and will keep him as a keeper does his flock.
Zechariah 8:19
This is what the Lord of armies has said: The times of going without food in the fourth month and in the fifth and the seventh and the tenth months, will be for the people of Judah times of joy and happy meetings; so be lovers of good faith and of peace.
Zechariah 9:17
For how good it is and how beautiful! grain will make the young men strong and new wine the virgins.
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Job 29:13
The blessing of him who was near to destruction came on me, and I put a song of joy into the widow's heart.
Zechariah 10:7
And Ephraim will be like a man of war, and their hearts will be glad as with wine; and their children will see it with joy; their hearts will be glad in the Lord.
James 5:13
Is anyone among you in trouble? let him say prayers. Is anyone glad? let him make a song of praise.
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Mark 16:15
And he said to them, Go into all the world, and give the good news to everyone.
Colossians 1:6
Which has come to you; and which in all the world is giving fruit and increase, as it has done in you from the day when it came to your ears and you had true knowledge of the grace of God;
1 Timothy 2:6
Who gave himself as an offering for all; witness of which was to be given at the right time;
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Luke 7:22
And answering them he said, Go back and give news to John of what you have seen, and the things which have come to your ears; the blind now see, those who had no power in their legs are walking, lepers are made clean, those who had no hearing now have their ears open, dead men come to life again, and the poor have the good news given to them.
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Luke 19:39
And some of the Pharisees among the people said to him, Master, make your disciples be quiet.
Luke 19:40
And he said in answer, I say to you, if these men keep quiet, the very stones will be crying out.
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Psalms 98:2
The Lord has given to all the knowledge of his salvation; he has made clear his righteousness in the eyes of the nations.
Psalms 98:3
He has kept in mind his mercy and his unchanging faith to the house of Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
Matthew 24:14
And this good news of the kingdom will be given through all the world for a witness to all nations; and then the end will come.
Matthew 26:13
Truly I say to you, Wherever this good news goes out in all the world, what this woman has done will be talked of in memory of her.
Matthew 28:19
Go then, and make disciples of all the nations, giving them baptism in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit:
Mark 13:10
And the good news has first to be given to all the nations.
Luke 24:47
And that teaching about a change of heart and forgiveness of sins is to be given to Jerusalem first and to all nations in his name.
Romans 10:15
And how will there be preachers if they are not sent? As it is said, How beautiful are the feet of those who give the glad news of good things.
Romans 10:18
But I say, Did not the word come to their ears? Yes, certainly: Their sound has gone out into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.
Romans 15:19
By signs and wonders, in the power of the Holy Spirit; so that from Jerusalem and round about as far as Illyricum I have given all the good news of Christ;
Colossians 1:23
If you keep yourselves safely based in the faith, not moved from the hope of the good news which came to you, and which was given to every living being under heaven; of which I, Paul, was made a servant.
Revelation 14:6
And I saw another angel in flight between heaven and earth, having eternal good news to give to those who are on the earth, and to every nation and tribe and language and people,
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Psalms 86:17
Give me a sign for good; so that my haters may see it and be shamed; because you, Lord, have been my help and comfort.
Luke 2:25
And there was then in Jerusalem a man whose name was Simeon; and he was an upright man, fearing God and waiting for the comfort of Israel: and the Holy Spirit was on him.
John 14:16
And I will make prayer to the Father and he will give you another Helper to be with you for ever,
John 14:18
I will not let you be without a friend: I am coming to you.
John 14:26
But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will be your teacher in all things and will put you in mind of everything I have said to you.
Romans 5:2
Through whom, in the same way, we have been able by faith to come to this grace in which we now are; and let us have joy in hope of the glory of God.
Romans 5:11
And not only so, but we have joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we are now at peace with God.
2 Corinthians 1:3
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort;
2 Corinthians 7:5
For even when we had come into Macedonia our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; there were fightings outside and fears inside.
2 Corinthians 7:6
But God who gives comfort to the poor in spirit gave us comfort by the coming of Titus;
2 Corinthians 7:7
And not by his coming only, but by the comfort which he had in you, while he gave us word of your desire, your sorrow, your care for me; so that I was still more glad.
2 Thessalonians 2:16
Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father who had love for us and has given us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,
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Romans 8:1
For this cause those who are in Christ Jesus will not be judged as sinners.
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Romans 8:3
For what the law was not able to do because it was feeble through the flesh, God, sending his Son in the image of the evil flesh, and as an offering for sin, gave his decision against sin in the flesh:
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Psalms 51:5
Truly, I was formed in evil, and in sin did my mother give me birth.
Psalms 51:6
Your desire is for what is true in the inner parts: in the secrets of my soul you will give me knowledge of wisdom.
Psalms 51:7
Make me free from sin with hyssop: let me be washed whiter than snow.
Psalms 51:8
Make me full of joy and rapture; so that the bones which have been broken may be glad.
Psalms 88:18
You have sent my friends and lovers far from me; I am gone from the memory of those who are dear to me.
Proverbs 17:1
Better a bit of dry bread in peace, than a house full of feasting and violent behaviour.
Isaiah 38:14
I make cries like a bird; I give out sounds of grief like a dove: my eyes are looking up with desire; O Lord, I am crushed, take up my cause.
Isaiah 38:15
What am I to say? seeing that it is he who has done it: all my time of sleeping I am turning from side to side without rest.
Romans 8:36
As it is said in the holy Writings, Because of you we are put to death every day; we are like sheep ready for destruction.
Galatians 4:29
But as in those days he who had birth after the flesh was cruel to him who had birth after the Spirit, even so it is now.
Galatians 5:17
For the flesh has desires against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; because these are opposite the one to the other; so that you may not do the things which you have a mind to do.
2 Timothy 4:16
At my first meeting with my judges, no one took my part, but all went away from me. May it not be put to their account.
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Isaiah 51:19
These two things have come on you; who will be weeping for you? wasting and destruction; death from need of food, and from the sword; how may you be comforted?
2 Thessalonians 2:17
Give you comfort and strength in every good work and word.
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2 Timothy 3:12
Yes, and all whose purpose is to be living in the knowledge of God in Christ Jesus, will be cruelly attacked.
2 Timothy 4:10
For Demas has gone away from me, for love of this present life, and has gone to Thessalonica: Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.
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Revelation 22:1
And I saw a river of water of life, clear as glass, coming out of the high seat of God and of the Lamb,
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Revelation 22:2
In the middle of its street. And on this side of the river and on that was the tree of life, having twelve sorts of fruits, giving its fruit every month; and the leaves of the tree give life to the nations.
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