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Do not fear, mother of children, for I have chosen you, says the Lord.
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I will send you help, my servants Isaiah and Jeremiah. According to their counsel I have consecrated and prepared for you twelve trees loaded with various fruits,
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and the same number of springs flowing with milk and honey, and seven mighty mountains on which roses and lilies grow; by these I will fill your children with joy.
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"Guard the rights of the widow, secure justice for the ward, give to the needy, defend the orphan, clothe the naked,
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care for the injured and the weak, do not ridicule the lame, protect the maimed, and let the blind have a vision of my splendor.
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Protect the old and the young within your walls.
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When you find any who are dead, commit them to the grave and mark it, and I will give you the first place in my resurrection.
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Pause and be quiet, my people, because your rest will come.
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"Good nurse, nourish your children; strengthen their feet.
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Not one of the servants whom I have given you will perish, for I will require them from among your number.
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Do not be anxious, for when the day of tribulation and anguish comes, others shall weep and be sorrowful, but you shall rejoice and have abundance.