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All these were mingled together, the stream of fire and the flaming breath and the great storm, and fell on the onrushing multitude that was prepared to fight, and burned up all of them, so that suddenly nothing was seen of the innumerable multitude but only the dust of ashes and the smell of smoke. When I saw it, I was amazed.
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After this I saw the same man come down from the mountain and call to himself another multitude that was peaceable.
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Then many people came to him, some of whom were joyful and some sorrowful; some of them were bound, and some were bringing others as offerings. Then I woke up in great terror, and prayed to the Most High, and said,
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"From the beginning you have shown your servant these wonders, and have deemed me worthy to have my prayer heard by you;
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now show me the interpretation of this dream also.
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For as I consider it in my mind, alas for those who will be left in those days! And still more, alas for those who are not left!
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For those who are not left will be sad
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because they understand the things that are reserved for the last days, but cannot attain them.
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But alas for those also who are left, and for that very reason! For they shall see great dangers and much distress, as these dreams show.
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Yet it is better to come into these things, though incurring peril, than to pass from the world like a cloud, and not to see what will happen in the last days." He answered me and said,
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"I will tell you the interpretation of the vision, and I will also explain to you the things that you have mentioned.