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I was laid out like a dead man, and I had lost my mind. He held my strong hand, comforted me, set me on my feet, and said to me,
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"What has happened to you? Why are you agitated? Why are your mind, your intellect, and your understanding all in turmoil?" I said,
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"Because you abandoned me. I followed your instructions, and I went out into the field, and look here, I saw and see what I can't describe." He said to me,
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"Stand up like a man, and I'll remind you." I said,
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"Speak, my Lord, only don't abandon me so that I may not die for nothing.
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I can't make sense out of what I saw, and I don't understand what I've heard.
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Or is my mind deceived and my soul dreaming?
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Now then I beg you to explain this bewildering sight to your servant."
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He answered me: “Listen to me. Let me teach you, and I will speak to you about what you fear, for the Most High has revealed many mysteries to you.
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He saw that you walk the straight way, because you grieve for your people without ceasing and you mourn greatly over Zion.
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"Here then is the meaning of the vision. This is the explanation of the woman who appeared to you a little while ago,