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Then was the land, even the land of Zion, parted among you by lot; but your fathers and ye yourselves have done unrighteousness, and have not kept the ways which the Highest commanded you.
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And forasmuch as He is a righteous judge, He took from you in time the thing that He had given you.
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And now are ye here, and your brethren among you.
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Therefore if so be that ye will subdue your own understanding and reform your hearts, ye shall be kept alive, and after death ye shall obtain mercy.
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For after death shall the Judgment come, when we shall live again; and then shall the names of the righteous be manifest, and the works of the ungodly shall be declared.
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Let no man therefore come unto me now, nor seek after me these forty days."
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So I took the five men, as He commanded me, and we went into the field and remained there.
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And the next day, behold, a voice called me, saying, "Ezra, open thy mouth and drink what I give thee to drink."
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Then opened I my mouth, and behold, He reached me a full cup which was full, as it were, with water, but the color of it was like fire.
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And I took it, and drank; and when I had drunk of it, my heart uttered understanding, and wisdom grew in my breast, for my spirit strengthened my memory;
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and my mouth was opened and shut no more.