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19 My meat also which I gave thee, fine flour, and oil, and honey, wherewith I fed thee, thou hast even set it before them for a sweet savour: and thus it was, saith the Lord GOD.
44 Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.
In Joel 1:10, 12, this signifies people who worship.
(Referenties: Amos 5, 5:16; Apocalypse Explained 652)