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For the weaker the world becomes through old age, the more shall evils be increased upon its inhabitants.
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Truth shall go farther away, and falsehood shall come near. For the eagle that you saw in the vision is already hurrying to come."
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Then I answered and said, "Let me speak in your presence, Lord.
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For I will go, as you have commanded me, and I will reprove the people who are now living; but who will warn those who will be born hereafter? For the world lies in darkness, and its inhabitants are without light.
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For your law has been burned, and so no one knows the things which have been done or will be done by you.
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