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For in many places and in neighboring cities there shall be a great uprising against those who fear the Lord.
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They shall be like maniacs, sparing no one, but plundering and destroying those who continue to fear the Lord.
72
For they shall destroy and plunder their goods, and drive them out of house and home.
73
Then the tested quality of my elect shall be manifest, like gold that is tested by fire.
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Listen, my elect ones, says the Lord; the days of tribulation are at hand, but I will deliver you from them.
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