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The Lord says, "Proclaim to my people the prophetic messages that I will give you,
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and then have them written down, because they are true and will be fulfilled.
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Do not be afraid of those who plot against you or be disturbed by their unbelief.
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All unbelievers will die because of their unbelief."
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The Lord says, "I am going to bring terrible disasters on the whole world - war and famine, death and destruction,
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because wickedness has spread everywhere, and evil has reached its limit."
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"Therefore," the Lord says,
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"I will no longer remain silent about the wickedness of these godless people; I will no longer tolerate it. They have murdered innocent people, and the blood they have spilled cries out to me for revenge; the souls of the righteous are constantly pleading for vengeance.
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Let there be no doubt," says the Lord, "I will hear the plea of all the innocent people who have been murdered and I will take vengeance for what has been done to them.
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"My people are being led to the slaughter like a flock of sheep. They will no longer have to live in Egypt;
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I will use all my strength and power to bring them out of that land. I will bring disasters upon the Egyptians, as I did earlier, and I will destroy their country.