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For he who brought these calamities upon you will deliver you from the hand of your enemies.
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Go, my children, go; for I have been left desolate.
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I have taken off the robe of peace and put on sackcloth for my supplication; I will cry to the Everlasting all my days.
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Take courage, my children, cry to God, and he will deliver you from the power and hand of the enemy.
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For I have put my hope in the Everlasting to save you, and joy has come to me from the Holy One, because of the mercy that will soon come to you from your everlasting savior.
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.