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And they came to her, and she said to them: What is this word, by which Ozias hath consented to give up the city to the Assyrians, if within five days there come no aid to us?
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And who are you that tempt the Lord?
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This is not a word that may draw down mercy, but rather that may stir up wrath, and enkindle indignation.
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You have set a time for the mercy of the Lord, and you have appointed him a day, according to your pleasure.
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But forasmuch as the Lord is patient, let us be penitent for this same thing, and with many tears let us beg his pardon:
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For God will not threaten like man, nor be inflamed to anger like the son of man.
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And therefore let us humble our souls before him, and continuing in an humble spirit, in his service:
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Let us ask the Lord with tears, that according to his will so he would shew his mercy to us: that as our heart is troubled by their pride, so also we may glorify in our humility.
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For we have not followed the sins of our fathers, who forsook their God, and worshipped strange gods.
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For which crime they were given up to their enemies, to the sword, and to pillage, and to confusion: but we know no other God but him.
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Let us humbly wait for his consolation, and the Lord our God will require our blood of the afflictions of our enemies, and he will humble all the nations that shall rise up against us, and bring them to disgrace.