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For they shall waste and take away their goods, and cast them out of their houses.
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Then shall they be known, who are my chosen; and they shall be tried as the gold in the fire.
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Hear, O ye my beloved, saith the Lord: behold, the days of trouble are at hand, but I will deliver you from the same.
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Be ye not afraid neither doubt; for God is your guide,
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And the guide of them who keep my commandments and precepts, saith the Lord God: let not your sins weigh you down, and let not your iniquities lift up themselves.
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Woe be unto them that are bound with their sins, and covered with their iniquities like as a field is covered over with bushes, and the path thereof covered with thorns, that no man may travel through!
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It is left undressed, and is cast into the fire to be consumed therewith.