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The burning wrath of a great multitude is kindled over you; they shall drag some of you away and force you to eat what was sacrificed to idols.
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And those who consent to eat shall be held in derision and contempt, and shall be trampled under foot.
70
For in many places and in neighboring cities there shall be a great uprising against those who fear the Lord.
71
They shall be like maniacs, sparing no one, but plundering and destroying those who continue to fear the Lord.
72
For they shall destroy and plunder their goods, and drive them out of house and home.
73
Then the tested quality of my elect shall be manifest, like gold that is tested by fire.
74
Listen, my elect ones, says the Lord; the days of tribulation are at hand, but I will deliver you from them.
75
Do not fear or doubt, for God is your guide.
76
You who keep my commandments and precepts, says the Lord God, must not let your sins weigh you down, or your iniquities prevail over you.
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Woe to those who are choked by their sins and overwhelmed by their iniquities! They are like a field choked with underbrush and its path overwhelmed with thorns, so that no one can pass through.
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It is shut off and given up to be consumed by fire.