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And they cried to the Lord the God of Israel with one accord, that their children might not be made a prey, and their wives carried off, and their cities destroyed, and their holy things profaned, and that they might not be made a reproach to the Gentiles.
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Then Eliachim the high priest of the Lord went about all Israel and spoke to them,
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Saying: Know ye that the Lord will hear your prayers, if you continue with perseverance in fastings and prayers in the sight of the Lord.
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Remember Moses the servant of the Lord, who overcame Amalec that trusted in his own strength, and in his power, and in his army, and in his shields, and in his chariots, and in his horsemen, not by fighting with the sword, but by holy prayers:
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So shall all the enemies of Israel be, if you persevere in this work which you have begun.
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So they being moved by this exhortation of his, prayed to the Lord, and continued in the sight of the Lord.
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So that even they who offered the holocausts to the Lord, offered the sacrifices to the Lord girded with haircloths, and with ashes upon their head.
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And they all begged of God with all their heart, that he would visit his people Israel.