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so the calamities will not delay in coming forth upon the earth, and the world will groan, and pains will seize it on every side.
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"Hear my words, O my people; prepare for battle, and in the midst of the calamities be like strangers on the earth.
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Let him that sells be like one who will flee; let him that buys be like one who will lose;
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let him that does business be like one who will not make a profit; and let him that builds a house be like one who will not live in it;
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let him that sows be like one who will not reap; so also him that prunes the vines, like one who will not gather the grapes;
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them that marry, like those who will have no children; and them that do not marry, like those who are widowed.
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Because those who labor, labor in vain;
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for strangers shall gather their fruits, and plunder their goods, and overthrow their houses, and take their children captive; for in captivity and famine they will beget their children.
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Those who conduct business, do it only to be plundered; the more they adorn their cities, their houses and possessions, and their persons,
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the more angry I will be with them for their sins," says the Lord.
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Just as a respectable and virtuous woman abhors a harlot,