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There will no longer be free access to the cities,
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because the struggle for power will bring destruction, terror, and total confusion wherever people live.
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Driven by famine and terrible suffering, people will assault their neighbors and mercilessly plunder their possessions."
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God says, "I am calling together all the kings of the earth to come from north, south, east, and west to turn back and restore what they have taken.
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I will pay them back with the same harsh treatment they have always given to my chosen people." The Lord says,
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.