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(ll. 295-308) "As we have wrought, so hath it come to pass. Our fathers also, city-dwellers, in pride have sinned, and broken Thy commandments, and scorned a holy life. We are scattered over all the spacious earth and driven asunder, cast out from grace. In many lands and under many peoples our life is infamous and vile, and we are subject to the worst of earthly kings, and captive to grim-hearted men; in heathen lands we suffer thraldom. (ll.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Our fathers also, city-dwellers, in pride have sinned, and broken Thy commandments, and scorned a holy life.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “295-308) "As we have wrought, so hath it come to pass.”
an old form of “has”
From this reading “295-308) "As we have wrought, so hath it come to pass.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “295-308) "As we have wrought, so hath it come to pass.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Our fathers also, city-dwellers, in pride have sinned, and broken Thy commandments, and scorned a holy life.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “We are scattered over all the spacious earth and driven asunder, cast out from grace.”
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading “Our fathers also, city-dwellers, in pride have sinned, and broken Thy commandments, and scorned a holy life.”
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading “In many lands and under many peoples our life is infamous and vile, and we are subject to the worst of earthly kings, and captive to grim-hearted men; in heathen lands we suffer thraldom. (ll.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Our fathers also, city-dwellers, in pride have sinned, and broken Thy commandments, and scorned a holy life.
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From this reading We are scattered over all the spacious earth and driven asunder, cast out from grace.
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From this reading Our fathers also, city-dwellers, in pride have sinned, and broken Thy commandments, and scorned a holy life.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Our fathers also, city-dwellers, in pride have sinned, and broken Thy commandments, and scorned a holy life.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading We are scattered over all the spacious earth and driven asunder, cast out from grace.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading 295-308) "As we have wrought, so hath it come to pass.
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From this reading We are scattered over all the spacious earth and driven asunder, cast out from grace.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Our fathers also, city-dwellers, in pride have sinned, and broken Thy commandments, and scorned a holy life.
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From this reading In many lands and under many peoples our life is infamous and vile, and we are subject to the worst of earthly kings, and captive to grim-hearted men; in heathen lands we suffer thraldom. (ll.
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From this reading We are scattered over all the spacious earth and driven asunder, cast out from grace.
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From this reading Our fathers also, city-dwellers, in pride have sinned, and broken Thy commandments, and scorned a holy life.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 295-308) "As we have wrought, so hath it come to pass.
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From this reading Our fathers also, city-dwellers, in pride have sinned, and broken Thy commandments, and scorned a holy life.
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From this reading We are scattered over all the spacious earth and driven asunder, cast out from grace.
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From this reading We are scattered over all the spacious earth and driven asunder, cast out from grace.
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From this reading In many lands and under many peoples our life is infamous and vile, and we are subject to the worst of earthly kings, and captive to grim-hearted men; in heathen lands we suffer thraldom. (ll.
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From this reading Our fathers also, city-dwellers, in pride have sinned, and broken Thy commandments, and scorned a holy life.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading We are scattered over all the spacious earth and driven asunder, cast out from grace.
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From this reading We are scattered over all the spacious earth and driven asunder, cast out from grace.
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From this reading In many lands and under many peoples our life is infamous and vile, and we are subject to the worst of earthly kings, and captive to grim-hearted men; in heathen lands we suffer thraldom. (ll.
an old form of “has”
From this reading 295-308) "As we have wrought, so hath it come to pass.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading 295-308) "As we have wrought, so hath it come to pass.
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From this reading In many lands and under many peoples our life is infamous and vile, and we are subject to the worst of earthly kings, and captive to grim-hearted men; in heathen lands we suffer thraldom. (ll.
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From this reading Our fathers also, city-dwellers, in pride have sinned, and broken Thy commandments, and scorned a holy life.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Our fathers also, city-dwellers, in pride have sinned, and broken Thy commandments, and scorned a holy life.
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From this reading In many lands and under many peoples our life is infamous and vile, and we are subject to the worst of earthly kings, and captive to grim-hearted men; in heathen lands we suffer thraldom. (ll.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In many lands and under many peoples our life is infamous and vile, and we are subject to the worst of earthly kings, and captive to grim-hearted men; in heathen lands we suffer thraldom. (ll.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading 295-308) "As we have wrought, so hath it come to pass.
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From this reading In many lands and under many peoples our life is infamous and vile, and we are subject to the worst of earthly kings, and captive to grim-hearted men; in heathen lands we suffer thraldom. (ll.
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From this reading In many lands and under many peoples our life is infamous and vile, and we are subject to the worst of earthly kings, and captive to grim-hearted men; in heathen lands we suffer thraldom. (ll.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Our fathers also, city-dwellers, in pride have sinned, and broken Thy commandments, and scorned a holy life.
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From this reading (ll.
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From this reading In many lands and under many peoples our life is infamous and vile, and we are subject to the worst of earthly kings, and captive to grim-hearted men; in heathen lands we suffer thraldom. (ll.
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From this reading In many lands and under many peoples our life is infamous and vile, and we are subject to the worst of earthly kings, and captive to grim-hearted men; in heathen lands we suffer thraldom. (ll.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In many lands and under many peoples our life is infamous and vile, and we are subject to the worst of earthly kings, and captive to grim-hearted men; in heathen lands we suffer thraldom. (ll.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Our fathers also, city-dwellers, in pride have sinned, and broken Thy commandments, and scorned a holy life.
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From this reading We are scattered over all the spacious earth and driven asunder, cast out from grace.
above and across; more than
From this reading We are scattered over all the spacious earth and driven asunder, cast out from grace.
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From this reading 295-308) "As we have wrought, so hath it come to pass.
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From this reading In many lands and under many peoples our life is infamous and vile, and we are subject to the worst of earthly kings, and captive to grim-hearted men; in heathen lands we suffer thraldom. (ll.
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From this reading Our fathers also, city-dwellers, in pride have sinned, and broken Thy commandments, and scorned a holy life.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We are scattered over all the spacious earth and driven asunder, cast out from grace.
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From this reading Our fathers also, city-dwellers, in pride have sinned, and broken Thy commandments, and scorned a holy life.
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From this reading Our fathers also, city-dwellers, in pride have sinned, and broken Thy commandments, and scorned a holy life.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading 295-308) "As we have wrought, so hath it come to pass.
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From this reading We are scattered over all the spacious earth and driven asunder, cast out from grace.
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From this reading In many lands and under many peoples our life is infamous and vile, and we are subject to the worst of earthly kings, and captive to grim-hearted men; in heathen lands we suffer thraldom. (ll.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In many lands and under many peoples our life is infamous and vile, and we are subject to the worst of earthly kings, and captive to grim-hearted men; in heathen lands we suffer thraldom. (ll.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading We are scattered over all the spacious earth and driven asunder, cast out from grace.
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From this reading In many lands and under many peoples our life is infamous and vile, and we are subject to the worst of earthly kings, and captive to grim-hearted men; in heathen lands we suffer thraldom. (ll.
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading Our fathers also, city-dwellers, in pride have sinned, and broken Thy commandments, and scorned a holy life.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading 295-308) "As we have wrought, so hath it come to pass.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading In many lands and under many peoples our life is infamous and vile, and we are subject to the worst of earthly kings, and captive to grim-hearted men; in heathen lands we suffer thraldom. (ll.
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From this reading In many lands and under many peoples our life is infamous and vile, and we are subject to the worst of earthly kings, and captive to grim-hearted men; in heathen lands we suffer thraldom. (ll.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading 295-308) "As we have wrought, so hath it come to pass.
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From this reading In many lands and under many peoples our life is infamous and vile, and we are subject to the worst of earthly kings, and captive to grim-hearted men; in heathen lands we suffer thraldom. (ll.
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From this reading 295-308) "As we have wrought, so hath it come to pass.
