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If you really hate your people, they should be punished at your own hands."
31
When I had spoken these words, the angel who had come to me on a previous night was sent to me.
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He said to me, "Listen to me, and I will instruct you; pay attention to me, and I will tell you more."
33
Then I said, "Speak, my lord." And he said to me, "Are you greatly disturbed in mind over Israel? Or do you love him more than his Maker does?"
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I said, "No, my lord, but because of my grief I have spoken; for every hour I suffer agonies of heart, while I strive to understand the way of the Most High and to search out some part of his judgment."
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