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Remember what he did with Abraham, how he tested Isaac, and what happened to Jacob while he was in Mesopotamia of Syria, tending his uncle Laban's sheep?
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He hasn't yet tested us with fire, as he did them to examine their hearts, nor has he taken vengeance upon us. Rather, the Lord afflicts those close to him in order to warn them."
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Uzziah said to her: "You have spoken all this from a genuine heart, and no one disagrees with your words.
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Today isn't the first time you have demonstrated your wisdom. Since your earliest days, all the people have observed your insight and the goodness of your heart.
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But the people are very thirsty, and they strongly urged us to do what we promised them, and to make a solemn promise that we can't break.