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    "figure_name": "Voice of the LORD, Thunder, and Many-Waters Imagery",
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    "alternate_names": "voice of the LORD imagery; thunder imagery; many-waters imagery; divine voice imagery; roaring voice imagery",
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    "reader_category": "Divine majesty, revelation, judgment, awe, and worship / Voice-of-the-LORD imagery",
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    "technical_definition": "A divine-sound motif in which thunder, roaring waters, mighty voice, or the voice of the LORD signifies sovereign self-disclosure, judgment, worshipful awe, or the irresistible authority of God speaking and acting.",
    "source_hint": "Wave 37 draft-normalized sound/music/voice imagery review; distinguish this from general Tongue and Speech Imagery by focusing on overwhelming divine sound and auditory majesty.",
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      "reference": "Exod. 19:16",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud",
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      "reference": "Exod. 20:18",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "the thunderings, and the lightnings",
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      "reference": "2 Sam. 22:14",
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      "reference": "Job 37:2-5",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "Hear attentively the noise of his voice",
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      "reference": "Ps. 29:3",
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      "reference": "Ps. 29:5",
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      "reference": "Ezek. 1:24",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "like the noise of great waters",
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      "reference": "Ezek. 43:2",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "his voice was like a noise of many waters",
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      "reference": "Rev. 1:15",
      "text_excerpt_or_summary": "his voice as the sound of many waters",
      "explanation": "The risen Christ’s voice is described with overwhelming auditory majesty.",
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