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When I heard this, I got to my feet and listened; a voice was speaking, and its sound was like the sound of mighty waters.
18
It said, "The days are coming when I draw near to visit the inhabitants of the earth,
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and when I require from the doers of iniquity the penalty of their iniquity, and when the humiliation of Zion is complete.
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When the seal is placed upon the age that is about to pass away, then I will show these signs: the books shall be opened before the face of the firmament, and all shall see my judgment together.
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Children a year old shall speak with their voices, and pregnant women shall give birth to premature children at three and four months, and these shall live and leap about.
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