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When they hear his voice, all the nations will leave their own territory, forget their wars with one another,
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and come together in one great crowd too large to count, as you saw in your dream. The nations will unite with the single purpose of making war on my son.
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He will take his stand on the top of Mount Zion,
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and the new Jerusalem will be seen by everyone. It will be completed and fully built, just as in your dream you saw the mountain carved out, but not by human hands.
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Then my son will condemn the assembled nations for their godlessness. That is what the storm meant.
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He will confront them with the wicked plans they have made and also with the torments they must endure. That is what the flames meant. Then he will easily destroy them by means of the Law. That is what the fire meant.
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"You saw him gather another great crowd of peace-loving people.
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These are the ten tribes of Israel who were taken away into captivity in the time of King Hoshea. King Shalmaneser of Assyria captured them and deported them to a foreign land east of the Euphrates River.
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But the ten tribes decided not to stay in that land among the many Gentiles, so they moved farther east to a country where no human beings had ever lived before.
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There they hoped to keep their laws, which they had failed to keep in their own country.
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When they had to make the difficult passage across the Euphrates,