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8 Then they came to Gedaliah in Mizpah, even Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan, the son of Kareah, and Seraiah, the son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah, the son of the Maacathite, they and their men.
In Revelation 17, this signifies the Roman Catholic Church. (Apocalypse Revealed 723)
9 and said to them, Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, to whom you sent me to present your supplication before him: