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Salt waters shall be found in the sweet, and all friends shall conquer one another; then shall reason hide itself, and wisdom shall withdraw into its chamber,
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and it shall be sought by many but shall not be found, and unrighteousness and unrestraint shall increase on earth.
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One country shall ask its neighbor, "Has righteousness, or anyone who does right, passed through you?' And it will answer, "No.'
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At that time people shall hope but not obtain; they shall labor, but their ways shall not prosper.
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These are the signs that I am permitted to tell you, and if you pray again, and weep as you do now, and fast for seven days, you shall hear yet greater things than these."
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Then I woke up, and my body shuddered violently, and my soul was so troubled that it fainted.
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But the angel who had come and talked with me held me and strengthened me and set me on my feet.
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Now on the second night Phaltiel, a chief of the people, came to me and said, "Where have you been? And why is your face sad?
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Or do you not know that Israel has been entrusted to you in the land of their exile?
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Rise therefore and eat some bread, and do not forsake us, like a shepherd who leaves the flock in the power of savage wolves."
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Then I said to him, "Go away from me and do not come near me for seven days; then you may come to me." He heard what I said and left me.