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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,
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"I will use my power, and there will be no mercy for sinners; I will put to death all who have murdered innocent people.
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My anger has become so fierce that fire has blazed out to burn up the foundations of the earth and to burn up sinners like straw.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.