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Nevertheless they were not obedient unto him; but spake against him, and imagined vain things;
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And deceived themselves by their wicked deeds; and said of the most High, that he is not; and knew not his ways:
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But his law have they despised, and denied his covenants; in his statutes have they not been faithful, and have not performed his works.
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And therefore, Esdras, for the empty are empty things, and for the full are the full things.
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Behold, the time shall come, that these tokens which I have told thee shall come to pass, and the bride shall appear, and she coming forth shall be seen, that now is withdrawn from the earth.