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So let them perish - all those people who were born only to be lost. But let my chosen people be kept safe - those for whom I worked so hard to bring to perfection.
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"And now, Ezra, you must wait seven more days, but do not fast this time.
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Go to a field of wild flowers where no one has ever lived and eat nothing but the flowers - do not eat any meat or drink any wine.
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Pray the whole time to God Most High. Then I will come and talk with you again."
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I obeyed the angel's command and went to a field called Ardat. I sat there among the flowers and ate the wild plants, and that was enough food for me.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.