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Then he, my Son, will reprove the assembled nations for their ungodliness (this was symbolized by the storm),
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and will reproach them to their face with their evil thoughts and the torments with which they are to be tortured (which were symbolized by the flames), and will destroy them without effort by means of the law (which was symbolized by the fire).
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"And as for your seeing him gather to himself another multitude that was peaceable,
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these are the nine tribes that were taken away from their own land into exile in the days of King Hoshea, whom Shalmaneser, king of the Assyrians, made captives; he took them across the river, and they were taken into another land.
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But they formed this plan for themselves, that they would leave the multitude of the nations and go to a more distant region, where no human beings had ever lived,
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so that there at least they might keep their statutes that they had not kept in their own land.
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And they went in by the narrow passages of the Euphrates river.
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For at that time the Most High performed signs for them, and stopped the channels of the river until they had crossed over.
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Through that region there was a long way to go, a journey of a year and a half; and that country is called Arzareth.
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"Then they lived there until the last times; and now, when they are about to come again,
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the Most High will stop the channels of the river again, so that they may be able to cross over. Therefore you saw the multitude gathered together in peace.