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Then teach these secrets to those who are wise among your people, those who will be able to understand them and keep them secret.
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But you must stay here seven more days, so that God Most High may reveal to you whatever he wishes." Then the angel left me.
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When the seven days had passed and all the people heard that I had not yet returned to the city, all of them, rich and poor, came and asked me,
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"What wrong have we done to you? How have we mistreated you? Why have you abandoned us and settled down in this place?
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You are the only one of all our prophets who is left. You are like the last bunch of grapes in a vineyard, like a lantern in a dark place, like a safe harbor for a ship in a storm.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.