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But I, as my brethren, offer up my body and life for the laws of our fathers, beseeching God that He would speedily be merciful unto our nation, and that thou, by torments and plagues, mayest confess that He alone is God;
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and that through me and my brethren the wrath of the Almighty, which is justly brought upon our nation, may cease.
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Then the king, being in a rage, handled him worse than all the rest, and took it grievously that he was mocked.
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So this man died undefiled, and put his whole trust in the Lord.