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Even though this mother watched her children tortured and burned up one after another, she kept her resolve firm for the sake of their godly way of life.
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She watched as the fire devoured her children's flesh, their fingers and toes scattered all over the ground, the flesh of their faces torn off like masks down to their chins.
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How the mother was tested by pains far worse than the labor pains she suffered for them!
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How the woman gave birth alone to such perfect devotion!
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You didn't change your direction when your oldest son took his last breath, or when your second son was in torment and looked at you pitifully, or when the third son died.