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Let many perish who are now living, rather than that the law of God that is set before them be disregarded!
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For the Lord strictly commanded those who came into the world, when they came, what they should do to live, and what they should observe to avoid punishment.
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Nevertheless they were not obedient, and spoke against him; they devised for themselves vain thoughts,
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and proposed to themselves wicked frauds; they even declared that the Most High does not exist, and they ignored his ways.
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They scorned his law, and denied his covenants; they have been unfaithful to his statutes, and have not performed his works.
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That is the reason, Ezra, that empty things are for the empty, and full things are for the full.
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"For indeed the time will come, when the signs that I have foretold to you will come to pass, that the city that now is not seen shall appear, and the land that now is hidden shall be disclosed.
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Everyone who has been delivered from the evils that I have foretold shall see my wonders.
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For my son the Messiah shall be revealed with those who are with him, and those who remain shall rejoice four hundred years.
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After those years my son the Messiah shall die, and all who draw human breath.
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Then the world shall be turned back to primeval silence for seven days, as it was at the first beginnings, so that no one shall be left.