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Then I woke up, and my body shuddered violently, and my soul was so troubled that it fainted.
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But the angel who had come and talked with me held me and strengthened me and set me on my feet.
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Now on the second night Phaltiel, a chief of the people, came to me and said, "Where have you been? And why is your face sad?
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Or do you not know that Israel has been entrusted to you in the land of their exile?
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Rise therefore and eat some bread, and do not forsake us, like a shepherd who leaves the flock in the power of savage wolves."
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.