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And he used to tell you of the zealous Phinehas; and informed you of Ananias and Azarias, and Misael in the fire.
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And he used to glorify Daniel, who was in the den of lions, and pronounce him blessed.
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And he used to put you in mind of the scripture of Esaias, which saith, Even if thou pass through the fire, it shall not burn thee.
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He chanted to you David, the hymn-writer, who saith, Many are the afflictions of the just.
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He declared the proverbs of Solomon, who saith, He is a tree of life to all those who do His will.
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He used to verify Ezekiel, who said, Shall these dry bones live?
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For he did not forget the song which Moses taught, proclaiming, I will kill, and I will make to live.
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This is our life, and the length of our days.
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O that bitter, and yet not bitter, day when the bitter tyrant of the Greeks, quenching fire with fire in his cruel caldrons, brought with boiling rage the seven sons of the daughter of Abraham to the catapelt, and to all his torments!
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He pierced the balls of their eyes, and cut out their tongues, and put them to death with varied tortures.
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Wherefore divine retribution pursued and will pursue the pestilent wretch.