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I, like my brothers, give up body and life for the laws of our ancestors, appealing to God to show mercy soon to our nation and by trials and plagues to make you confess that he alone is God,
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You have not yet escaped the judgment of the almighty, all-seeing God.
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For our brothers after enduring a brief suffering have drunk of ever-flowing life, under God's covenant; but you, by the judgment of God, will receive just punishment for your arrogance.
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I, like my brothers, give up body and life for the laws of our ancestors, appealing to God to show mercy soon to our nation and by trials and plagues to make you confess that he alone is God,
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and through me and my brothers to bring to an end the wrath of the Almighty that has justly fallen on our whole nation."
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The king fell into a rage, and handled him worse than the others, being exasperated at his scorn.
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