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When all the people heard that the seven days were past and I had not returned to the city, they all gathered together, from the least to the greatest, and came to me and spoke to me, saying,
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and you shall teach them to the wise among your people, whose hearts you know are able to comprehend and keep these secrets.
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But as for you, wait here seven days more, so that you may be shown whatever it pleases the Most High to show you." Then he left me.
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When all the people heard that the seven days were past and I had not returned to the city, they all gathered together, from the least to the greatest, and came to me and spoke to me, saying,
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"How have we offended you, and what harm have we done you, that you have forsaken us and sit in this place?
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For of all the prophets you alone are left to us, like a cluster of grapes from the vintage, and like a lamp in a dark place, and like a haven for a ship saved from a storm.
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