afore <2KI20 -4> And it came to pass, {afore} Isaiah was gone out

into the middle court, that the word of the LORD came to him,

saying,

afore Let them be as the grass [upon] the housetops,

which withereth {afore} it groweth up:

afore For {afore} the harvest, when the bud is
perfect,

and the sour grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut
off

the sprigs with pruning hooks, and take away [and] cut down the

branches.

afore Now the hand of the LORD was upon me in the

evening, {afore} he that was escaped came; and had opened my
mouth,

until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and
I

was no more dumb.

afore Which he had promised {afore} by his prophets in
the

holy scriptures,)

afore And that he might make known the riches of his

glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had {afore} prepared unto

glory,

afore How that by revelation he made known unto me the

mystery; as I wrote {afore} in few words,

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