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I'm doomed! I'm doomed! Who will rescue me in those days?
18
Troubles will come, and many people will groan. Famine will come, and many will die. Wars will come, and the world powers will tremble. Disasters will come, and everyone will be terrified. What will people do when these disasters come?
19
Famine, epidemics, troubles, and suffering are sent to punish and correct people.
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But in spite of all this, they will not turn away from their sins; they soon forget their punishment.
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The time is coming when food will be so cheap that people will think a time of peace and plenty has arrived. But then disasters will spring up everywhere - wars, famine, and great confusion.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.