51 Bible Verses about Rocks

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Zechariah 12:3

And it was in that day I will set Jerusalem a stone of burden to all peoples: all loading her, being out; shall be cut; and all the nations of the earth were gathered together against her..

Job 18:4

He rent his soul in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed from its place?

Job 19:23-24

Who will give now, and my words shall be written? who will give and they shall be delineated in a book?. They shall be cut in the rock with a style of iron and lead, forever.

Job 41:24

His heart will press as a stone; and it will press as the under millstone.

Nahum 1:6

Before the face of his wrath who shall stand? and who will rise up in the burning of his anger? his wrath was poured out as fire, and the rocks were torn down from him.

1 Samuel 13:6

And the men of Israel saw that a strait to him, for the people were pressed; and the people will hide in caves, and in thorn-bushes, and in rocks, and in towers, and in pits.

1 Samuel 23:25

And Saul will go, and his men, to seek: and they will announce to David, and he will go down to the rock and dwell in the desert of the refuge. And Saul will hear and he will pursue after David in the desert of Maon.

Job 24:8

They will be wet from the pouring rains of the mountains, and they embraced the rock from no shelter.

Job 30:6

To dwell in the horror of the valleys, holes of the dust, and the rocks.

Isaiah 2:10

Go into the rock, and hide in the dust from the face of the fear of Jehovah, and from the splendor of his majesty.

Isaiah 32:2

And a man was as a hiding of the spirit, and a covering of the tempest; as brooks of water in Zion, as the shadow of a weighty rock in a weary land.

Jeremiah 4:29

From the voice of the horseman and the throwing of the bowman all the city fled; they went into thickets, and they went up upon rocks: every city was forsaken, and not a man dwelling in them.

Jeremiah 16:16

Behold me sending for many fishers, says Jehovah, and they fished them; and after this I will send for many hunters, and they hunted them from every mountain, and from every hill, and from the clefts of the rocks.

Jeremiah 48:28

Those inhabiting Moab, forsook the cities and dwelt in the rock, and they were as the dove, she will nest in the regions beyond the mouth of the pit

Jeremiah 49:16

Thy terror deceived thee, the pride of thy heart, thou dwelling in the asylums of the rock, holding the height of the hill: if thou shalt make thy nest high as the eagle, from thence will I bring thee down, says Jehovah.

Revelation 6:15-16

And the kings of the earth, and the great, and the rich, and the captains of thousands, and the powerful, and every servant, and every one free, hid themselves in caves and in rocks of the mountains; And they say to the mountains and rocks, Fall upon us, and hide us from the face of him sitting upon the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:

Genesis 49:23-25

This adversary will embitter him, and the lords of the arrows will lie in wait. And his bow will dwell in strength, and the seed of his hands will be firm by the hands of the mighty one of Jacob; from whence the shepherd, the stone of Israel By the God of thy father, and he will help thee, and by the Almighty, and he will bless thee with the blessing of the heavens above, the blessing of the sea lying under, the blessing of the breasts and the womb.

Deuteronomy 32:3-4

For I will call the name of Jehovah: Give ye greatness to our God. The Rock, his work complete: For all his ways judgment: A God of faithfulness and not of iniquity Just and right is he.

2 Samuel 23:2-4

The spirit of Jehovah spake in me, and his word upon my tongue. The God of Israel said to me, the Rock of Israel spake a parable upon the just man: a parable to fear God. And as the light of the morning the sun will rise: the morning not dense; from the shining of the rain bringing forth herbage from the earth.

Psalm 28:1

To David. To thee, O Jehovah, will I call, my rock; thou wilt not be silent from me: lest thou wilt be silent from me and I was made like with them going down to the pit

Psalm 42:9

I will say to God my rock, Wherefore didst thou forget me? wherefore darkened shall I go for the oppression of the enemy?

Psalm 62:6

Surely he my rock and my salvation: my height; I shall not be moved.

Psalm 92:14-15

They shall yet sprout in old as; they shall be fat and green. To announce that Jehovah is upright: my rock and no iniquity in him.

Isaiah 44:8

Ye shall not tremble, and ye shall not be afraid: did I not from thence cause thee to hear? and I announced, and ye my witnesses. Is there a God besides me? and no rock; I knew not

Habakkuk 1:12

Art thou not from of old, O Jehovah, my holy God? We shall not die. O Jehovah, thou didst set him for judgment; and O Rock, thou didst found him for correction.

Psalm 71:3

Be thou to me for a rock of refuge to come always: thou didst command to save me, for thou my rock and my fortress.

Deuteronomy 32:30

How shall one chase a thousand; And two shall cause ten thousand to flee, If that their Rock had not sold them, And Jehovah delivered them up?

2 Samuel 22:31-32

The Strong One, blameless his way The saying of Jehovah purified, A shield to all trusting in him. For who God besides Jehovah? And who a rock besides our God?

Psalm 18:30-31

God, blameless his way: the saying of Jehovah being refined: a shield to all trusting in him. For who is God besides Jehovah? or who a rock except our God?

Psalm 31:2-3

Incline thine ear to me, hastening to deliver me: be to me for a rock of strength, for a house of fortresses to save me. For thou my rock and my fortress; and for sake of thy name thou wilt guide me, and thou wilt protect me.

Psalm 61:1-3

To the overseer upon the stringed instrument; to David. Hear, O God, my wailing; attend to my prayer. From the end of the earth I will call to thee, in the fainting of my heart: thou wilt lead me into the rock it will be lifted up above me. For thou wert a refuge to me, a tower of strength from the face of the enemy.

Psalm 94:22

And Jehovah shall be for a height to me, and my God for the rock of my refuge.

Psalm 144:1-2

. To David. Blessed be Jehovah my rock, teaching my hands for the encounter, my fingers for war; My mercy and my fortress, my height and delivering for me; my shield, and in him I put my trust; treading down peoples under me.

Isaiah 17:10

For thou didst forget the God of thy salvation, and didst not remember the rock of thy fortress, for this, thou shalt plant pleasant plants, and thou shalt sow it with vine shoots of the stranger.

Deuteronomy 32:15-18

And Jeshurun will be fat and will tread down: Thou wert fat, thou wert thick, thou wert covered; And he will reject God having made him, And he will despise the Rock of his deliverance. He will cause him to be jealous with strangers, With abominations they will irritate him. They will sacrifice to demons, not God; Gods they have not known them New ones came out from the midst; Your fathers not having feared them.read more.
Thou wilt forsake the Rock begetting thee, And thou wilt forget God setting thee free.

2 Samuel 22:47

Jehovah living; and praised my rock: And God shall be lifted up, the rock of my salvation.

Psalm 18:46

Jehovah lives; and and praised be my Rock; and the God of my salvation shall be exalted.

Psalm 78:35

And they will remember that God is their Rock, and God the Most High redeemed them.

Psalm 89:26

He shall call me, Thou my father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation,

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Caves » Found in the » Rocks

Isaiah 2:19

And they shall go into the caves of the rocks, and into the caverns of the dust, from the face of the fear of Jehovah, and from the splendor of his majesty in his rising to terrify the earth.

Honey » Found in » Rocks

Psalm 81:16

And he shall cause them to eat from the fat of wheat, and from the rock with honey will I satisfy thee.

Deuteronomy 32:13

He will cause him to ride upon the heights of the land; He shall eat the produce of the field; And he shall suck honey from the rock, And oil from the flint of the rock

Rocks » Used as » Places of safety in danger

1 Samuel 13:6

And the men of Israel saw that a strait to him, for the people were pressed; and the people will hide in caves, and in thorn-bushes, and in rocks, and in towers, and in pits.

Isaiah 2:19

And they shall go into the caves of the rocks, and into the caverns of the dust, from the face of the fear of Jehovah, and from the splendor of his majesty in his rising to terrify the earth.

Revelation 6:15

And the kings of the earth, and the great, and the rich, and the captains of thousands, and the powerful, and every servant, and every one free, hid themselves in caves and in rocks of the mountains;

Jeremiah 16:16

Behold me sending for many fishers, says Jehovah, and they fished them; and after this I will send for many hunters, and they hunted them from every mountain, and from every hill, and from the clefts of the rocks.

Rocks » Illustrative of » God as salvation of his people

Deuteronomy 32:15

And Jeshurun will be fat and will tread down: Thou wert fat, thou wert thick, thou wert covered; And he will reject God having made him, And he will despise the Rock of his deliverance.

Psalm 89:26

He shall call me, Thou my father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation,

Rocks » Illustrative of » Christ as a stumbling-stone to the wicked

Romans 9:33

As has been written, Behold I set in Zion a stone of stumbling and rock of offence: and every one believing on him shall not be ashamed.

Isaiah 8:14

And he was for a holy place and for a stone of striking, and for a rock of falling to the two houses of Israel; for a trap net and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Rocks » Illustrative of » God as the strength of his people

Isaiah 17:10

For thou didst forget the God of thy salvation, and didst not remember the rock of thy fortress, for this, thou shalt plant pleasant plants, and thou shalt sow it with vine shoots of the stranger.

Psalm 18:1

To the overseer; to the servant of Jehovah, of David who spake to Jehovah the words of this song in the day Jehovah delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he will say, I will love thee, O Jehovah, my strength.

Rocks » Illustrative of » Whatever we trust in

Deuteronomy 32:31

For their rock not as our Rock, And our enemies judging.

Deuteronomy 32:37

And he said, Where their gods, The rock they trusted in it?

Rocks » Inhabited by » Doves

Jeremiah 48:28

Those inhabiting Moab, forsook the cities and dwelt in the rock, and they were as the dove, she will nest in the regions beyond the mouth of the pit

Song of Solomon 2:14

My dove in the refuges of the rock, in the biding of the steep mountain: cause me to see thy form, cause me to hear thy voice; for thy voice is sweet and thy form becoming.

Rocks » Mentioned in scripture » Selah in the valley of salt

2 Chronicles 25:11-12

And Amaziah strengthened himself, and he will lead out his people, and go to the valley of salt, and he will strike the sons of Seir, ten thousand. And ten thousand living the sons of Judah carried away captive, and they will bring them to the head of the rock, and they will cast them down from the head of the rock, and they were rent asunder all of them.

2 Kings 14:7

He struck Edom in the valley of salt, ten thousand; and he seized the rock in war, and he will call its name Joktheel, even to this day.

Rocks » Often composed of flint

Deuteronomy 8:15

He causing thee to go in the great and fearful desert, the fiery serpent and the scorpion, and a thirsty land, where is no water: he bringing forth to thee water from the rock of flint;

Deuteronomy 32:13

He will cause him to ride upon the heights of the land; He shall eat the produce of the field; And he shall suck honey from the rock, And oil from the flint of the rock

Rocks » Mentioned in scripture » Sela-hammahlekoth in the wilderness of maon

1 Samuel 23:25

And Saul will go, and his men, to seek: and they will announce to David, and he will go down to the rock and dwell in the desert of the refuge. And Saul will hear and he will pursue after David in the desert of Maon.

1 Samuel 23:28

And Saul will turn back from pursuing after David, and he will go to meet the rovers: for this they called that place the Rock of Escapes.

Rocks » Bees often made their honey amongst

Psalm 81:16

And he shall cause them to eat from the fat of wheat, and from the rock with honey will I satisfy thee.

Deuteronomy 32:13

He will cause him to ride upon the heights of the land; He shall eat the produce of the field; And he shall suck honey from the rock, And oil from the flint of the rock

Rocks » Inhabited by » Conies

Psalm 104:18

The high mountains for the wild goats; the rocks a refuge for the conies.

Proverbs 30:26

The rabbits a people not strong, and they will set their house in the rock;

Rocks » Used as » Places for shelter by the poor in their distress

Job 24:8

They will be wet from the pouring rains of the mountains, and they embraced the rock from no shelter.

Job 30:3

In want and in hunger, barren, gnawing the dry land, yesternight desolation and burning.

Job 30:6

To dwell in the horror of the valleys, holes of the dust, and the rocks.

Rocks » Used as » Altars

Judges 13:19

And Manoah will take a kid of the goats, and the gift, and will bring up, upon the rock to Jehovah; and he separating to do, and Manoah and his wife seeing.

Judges 6:20-21

And the messenger of God will say to him, Take the flesh and the unleavened and lay upon this rock, and pour out the broth. And he will do so. And the messenger of Jehovah will stretch forth the extremity of the staff which in his hand, and will touch upon the flesh and on the unleavened; and fire will rise up from the rock and will consume the flesh and the unleavened. And the messenger of Jehovah went from his eyes.

Rocks » Described as » Barren

Ezekiel 26:14

And I gave thee for a dry rock thou Shalt be a spreading of nets; thou shalt no more be built: for I Jehovah spake, says the Lord Jehovah.

Ezekiel 26:4

And they destroyed the walls of Tyre, and pulled down her towers and I swept away her dust from her,i and I gave her for a dry rock

Rocks » The olive tree flourished amongst

Deuteronomy 32:13

He will cause him to ride upon the heights of the land; He shall eat the produce of the field; And he shall suck honey from the rock, And oil from the flint of the rock

Job 29:6

In washing my goings with butter, and the rock will pour out with me streams of oil;

Rocks » Tombs often hewn out of

Isaiah 22:16

What to thee here, and who to thee here, that thou hewedst to thee here a tomb, he hewing from on high his tomb and cutting in a dwelling in a rock to himself?

Matthew 27:60

And put it in his new tomb, which he quarried in the rock: and having rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb, he departed.

Rocks » Miracles connected with » Water brought from

Numbers 20:11

And Moses will lift up his hand and will smite the rock with the rod twice, and many waters will come forth, and the assembly will drink and their cattle.

Exodus 17:6

And behold, I stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and strike upon the rock, and waters shall come forth from it, and the people drank. And Moses will do so before the eyes of the old men of Israel.

Rocks » Illustrative of » Christ as foundation of his church

Rocks » Used as » Places of observation

Numbers 23:9

From the head of the rocks I shall see him, and from the hills I shall look after him: behold, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.

Exodus 33:21

And Jehovah will say, Behold, a place with me, and stand thou upon the rock.

Rocks » Mentioned in scripture » Oreb

Judges 7:25

And they will take the two chiefs of Midian. Oreb and Zeeb; and they will kill Oreb upon the rock of Oreb, ' and Zeeb they killed at the wine press of Zeeb, and they pursued against Midian, and the heads of Oreb and Zeeb they brought to Gideon beyond Jordan.

Isaiah 10:26

And Jehovah of armies roused up for him a scourge according to the blow of Midian at the rock Oreb: and his rod upon the sea, and he lifted it up in the way of Egypt

Rocks » Inhabited by » Eagles

Jeremiah 49:16

Thy terror deceived thee, the pride of thy heart, thou dwelling in the asylums of the rock, holding the height of the hill: if thou shalt make thy nest high as the eagle, from thence will I bring thee down, says Jehovah.

Job 39:28

She will dwell in the rock, and she will lodge upon the cliff of the rock and the fortress.

Rocks » Illustrative of » A place of safety

Rocks » God's power exhibited in removing

Nahum 1:6

Before the face of his wrath who shall stand? and who will rise up in the burning of his anger? his wrath was poured out as fire, and the rocks were torn down from him.

Job 14:18

And yet the mountain falling shill decay, and the rock shall be removed from its place.

Rocks » Mentioned in scripture » Adullam

1 Chronicles 11:15

And the three from the thirty heads will go down upon the rock to David to the cave of Adullam; and the camp of the rovers encamped in the valley of Rephaim.

Rocks » Illustrative of » Christ as source of spiritual gifts

1 Corinthians 10:4

And all drank the same spiritual drink: for they drank of the spiritual Rock following; and the Rock was Christ.

Rocks » Casting down from, a punishment

2 Chronicles 25:12

And ten thousand living the sons of Judah carried away captive, and they will bring them to the head of the rock, and they will cast them down from the head of the rock, and they were rent asunder all of them.

Rocks » Illustrative of » God as creator of his people

Rocks » Mentioned in scripture » Meribah in kadesh

Numbers 20:1-11

And the sons of Israel will come, all the assembly, to the desert of Zin, in the first month; and the people will dwell in Kadesh; and Miriam will die there and be buried there. And there was not water for the assembly: and they will gather together against Moses and against Aaron. And they will contend with Moses, and will speak, saying, Would that we died in the dying of our brethren before Jehovah! read more.
And for what brought ye the gathering of Jehovah into this desert to die there, we and our cattle And for what brought ye us up out of Egypt to bring us to this evil place? Not a place of seed, and figs, and the vine and the pomegranate; and not water to drink. And Moses will go, and Aaron, from the face of the gathering to the door of the tent of appointment, and they will fall upon their faces: and the glory of Jehovah shall be seen to them. And Jehovah will speak to Moses, saying, Take the rod and gather the assembly together, thou and Aaron thy brother, and speak to the rock before their eyes; and it gave water; and brought to them water from the rock, and gave drink to the assembly, and their cattle. And Moses will take the rod from before Jehovah, as he commanded him. And Moses and Aaron will gather together the gathering before the rock, and he will say to them, Hear, now, ye rebellious: from this rock shall we bring forth to you water? And Moses will lift up his hand and will smite the rock with the rod twice, and many waters will come forth, and the assembly will drink and their cattle.

Rocks » Mentioned in scripture » En-gedi

1 Samuel 24:1-2

And it will be when Saul turned back from after the rovers, and they will announce to him, saying, Behold, David in the desert of Engedi. And Saul will take three thousand men chosen from all Israel, and he will go to seek David and his men upon the face of the rocks of the wild goats.

Rocks » Houses often built on

Matthew 7:24-25

Therefore, every one which hears these my words and does them, I will liken him to a discerning man which built his house upon the rock. And the rain descended, and rivers came, and winds blew, and fell upon that house, and it fell not, for it was founded upon the rock.

Rocks » Hammers used for breaking

Jeremiah 23:29

So is not my word as fire? says Jehovah; and as a hammer, it will break the rock in pieces.

Rocks » Miracles connected with » Broken in pieces by the wind

1 Kings 19:11

And he will say, Go forth and stand upon the mountain before Jehovah And behold, Jehovah passed by, and a great and strong wind weakening the mountains, and breaking the rocks before Jehovah; Jehovah not in the wind: and after the wind, a shaking; Jehovah not in the shaking:

Rocks » Miracles connected with » Rent at the death of Christ

Matthew 27:51

And, behold, the covering of the temple was cleft in two, from above to below; and the earth was shaken; and the rocks were cleft:

Rocks » Mentioned in scripture » Horeb in rephidim

Exodus 17:1-6

And all the assembly of the sons of Israel will remove from the desert of Sin, according to their removings by the mouth of Jehovah; and they will encamp in Rephidim; and no water for the people to drink. And the people contended with Moses, and they will say, Give to us water and we will drink. And Moses will say to them, Why will ye contend with me, and why will ye tempt Jehovah? And the people will thirst there for water; and the people will murmur against Moses, and will say, For what this did ye bring us up out of Egypt to kill us and our sons and our cattle with thirst? read more.
And Moses will cry to Jehovah, saying, What shall I do to this people? yet a little and they will stone me. And Jehovah will say to Moses, Pass over before the people and take with thee from the old men of Israel; and thy rod which thou didst strike with it the river, take in thy hand and go. And behold, I stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and strike upon the rock, and waters shall come forth from it, and the people drank. And Moses will do so before the eyes of the old men of Israel.

Rocks » Mentioned in scripture » Bozez

1 Samuel 14:4

And between the passages where Jonathan sought to pass through upon the garrison of the rovers, and the tooth of a rock from beyond this, and the tooth of a rock from beyond. this; and the name of the one Bozez, and the name of the one Seneh.

Rocks » Mentioned in scripture » Seneh

1 Samuel 14:4

And between the passages where Jonathan sought to pass through upon the garrison of the rovers, and the tooth of a rock from beyond this, and the tooth of a rock from beyond. this; and the name of the one Bozez, and the name of the one Seneh.

Rocks » Often sharp-pointed and craggy

1 Samuel 14:4

And between the passages where Jonathan sought to pass through upon the garrison of the rovers, and the tooth of a rock from beyond this, and the tooth of a rock from beyond. this; and the name of the one Bozez, and the name of the one Seneh.

Rocks » Mentioned in scripture » Rimmon

Judges 20:45

And they will turn and flee to the desert, to the rock Rimmon: and they will glean in the highways five thousand men; and they will pursue after him even to Gidom, and will strike of him two thousand men.

Rocks » Illustrative of » God as defence of his people

Psalm 31:2-3

Incline thine ear to me, hastening to deliver me: be to me for a rock of strength, for a house of fortresses to save me. For thou my rock and my fortress; and for sake of thy name thou wilt guide me, and thou wilt protect me.

Rocks » Described as » Hard

Jeremiah 5:3

O Jehovah, are not thine eyes upon faithfulness? thou didst smite them, and they were not pained; thou didst consume them, they refused to take instruction: they made their faces firm above the rock; they refused to turn back.

Rocks » Were a defence to a country

Isaiah 33:16

He shall dwell upon heights: the strongholds of rocks his height: his bread was given; his waters sure.

Rocks » Often had holes and clefts

Exodus 33:22

And it was in the passing by of my glory, and I put thee in a cavern of the rock; and I hedged in with my hand upon thee till I passed by.

Rocks » Miracles connected with » Fire ascended out of

Judges 6:21

And the messenger of Jehovah will stretch forth the extremity of the staff which in his hand, and will touch upon the flesh and on the unleavened; and fire will rise up from the rock and will consume the flesh and the unleavened. And the messenger of Jehovah went from his eyes.

Rocks » Mentioned in scripture » Etam

Judges 15:8

And he will strike them leg upon thigh, a great smiting. And he will go down and dwell in the cleft of the rock Etam.

Rocks » Illustrative of » Christ as refuge of his people

Isaiah 32:2

And a man was as a hiding of the spirit, and a covering of the tempest; as brooks of water in Zion, as the shadow of a weighty rock in a weary land.

Rocks » Illustrative of » God as refuge of his people

Psalm 94:22

And Jehovah shall be for a height to me, and my God for the rock of my refuge.

Rocks » Illustrative of » The ancestor of a nation

Isaiah 51:1

Hear to me, ye pursuing justice, seeking Jehovah: look to the rock ye hewed, and at the quarry of the pit ye dug out

Rocks » Used as » Places for idolatrous worship

Isaiah 57:5

Being comforted with gods under every green tree, slaughtering the children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?

Rocks » The shadow of, grateful to travelers during the heat of the day

Isaiah 32:2

And a man was as a hiding of the spirit, and a covering of the tempest; as brooks of water in Zion, as the shadow of a weighty rock in a weary land.

Rocks » Man's industry in cutting through

Job 28:9-10

He stretched forth his hand upon the flint; he overturned the mountains from the roots. He cut rivers in the rocks, and his eye saw every precious thing.

Rocks » Dreaded by mariners

Acts 27:29

And fearing lest perhaps we might fall through into rough places, having cast four anchors from the stern, prayed for day to come.

Rocks » Described as » Durable

Job 19:24

They shall be cut in the rock with a style of iron and lead, forever.

Rocks » Important events often engraved upon

Job 19:24

They shall be cut in the rock with a style of iron and lead, forever.

Rocks » Inhabited by » Wild goats

Job 39:1

Knewest thou the time of the bringing forth of the wild goats of the rock? and wilt thou watch the bearing of the hinds?

Ships » Endangered by » Rocks

Acts 27:29

And fearing lest perhaps we might fall through into rough places, having cast four anchors from the stern, prayed for day to come.

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People As Rocks

Nehemiah 9:11

And thou didst cleave asunder the sea before them, and they will pass over in the midst of the sea upon dry land; and those pursuing them thou didst cast into the depths as a stone into the strong waters.

Provision From Rocks

Deuteronomy 8:15

He causing thee to go in the great and fearful desert, the fiery serpent and the scorpion, and a thirsty land, where is no water: he bringing forth to thee water from the rock of flint;

Splitting Rocks

Psalm 78:15

He will rend the rocks in the desert, and give drink as the great abyss.

Striking Rocks

Exodus 17:6

And behold, I stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and strike upon the rock, and waters shall come forth from it, and the people drank. And Moses will do so before the eyes of the old men of Israel.

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