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Alas for the world and for those who live in it!
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For the sword and misery draw near them, and nation shall rise up to fight against nation, with swords in their hands.
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For there shall be unrest among people; growing strong against one another, they shall in their might have no respect for their king or the chief of their leaders.
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For a person will desire to go into a city, and shall not be able to do so.
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Because of their pride the cities shall be in confusion, the houses shall be destroyed, and people shall be afraid.
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People shall have no pity for their neighbors, but shall make an assault upon their houses with the sword, and plunder their goods, because of hunger for bread and because of great tribulation.
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See how I am calling together all the kings of the earth to turn to me, says God, from the rising sun and from the south, from the east and from Lebanon; to turn and repay what they have given them.
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Just as they have done to my elect until this day, so I will do, and will repay into their bosom. Thus says the Lord God:
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My right hand will not spare the sinners, and my sword will not cease from those who shed innocent blood on earth.
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And a fire went forth from his wrath, and consumed the foundations of the earth and the sinners, like burnt straw.
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Alas for those who sin and do not observe my commandments, says the Lord;