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For Esau is the end of the world, and Jacob is the beginning of that which followeth.
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The hand of man is between the heel and the hand. The other question, Ezra, ask thou not."
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I answered then and said, "O Lord who bearest rule, if I have found favor in Thy sight,
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I beseech Thee, show Thy servant the end of Thy signs, whereof Thou showed me part the last night."
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So He answered and said unto me, "Stand up upon thy feet, and hear a mighty sounding voice.
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And it shall be, as it were, a great motion; but the place where thou standest shall not be moved.
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And therefore when it speaketh be not afraid; for the word is concerning the end, and the foundation of the earth is understood.
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And why? Because the speech of these things trembleth and is moved, for it knoweth that the end of these things must be changed."
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And it happened that when I had heard it I stood up upon my feet and hearkened, and behold, there was a voice that spoke, and the sound of it was like the sound of many waters.
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And it said, "Behold, the days come that I will begin to draw nigh and to visit them that dwell upon the earth,
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and will begin to make inquisition of them what they be who have hurt unjustly with their unrighteousness and when the affliction of Zion shall be fulfilled.