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Ezekiel 17:9

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9 Say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up its roots, and cut off its fruit, that it may wither? it shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without great power or many people to pluck it up by its roots.

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Jehoshaphat

  
"Triomphe de Josaphat" by Jean Fouquet. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.  The picture shows Jehoshaphat re-entering Jerusalem after his victory over Adad, the King of Syria.

In 1 Kings 22:48, Jehoshaphat seems to represent a corruption of the church, which takes place by falsifying truth. (Apocalypse Explained 514)

(References: Joel 3:12)