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By measure hath he measured the times; and by number hath he numbered the times; and he doth not move nor stir them, until the said measure be fulfilled.
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Then answered I and said, O Lord that bearest rule, even we all are full of impiety.
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And for our sakes peradventure it is that the floors of the righteous are not filled, because of the sins of them that dwell upon the earth.
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So he answered me, and said, Go thy way to a woman with child, and ask of her when she hath fulfilled her nine months, if her womb may keep the birth any longer within her.
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Then said I, No, Lord, that can she not. And he said unto me, In the grave the chambers of souls are like the womb of a woman: