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After this I looked, and behold, all who had gathered together against him, to wage war with him, were much afraid, yet dared to fight.
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And behold, when he saw the onrush of the approaching multitude, he neither lifted his hand nor held a spear or any weapon of war;
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but I saw only how he sent forth from his mouth as it were a stream of fire, and from his lips a flaming breath, and from his tongue he shot forth a storm of sparks.
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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 which was prepared to fight, and burned them all up, 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 him another multitude which 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 in great fear I awoke; and I besought the Most High, and said,
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"From the beginning thou hast shown thy servant these wonders, and hast deemed me worthy to have my prayer heard by thee;
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now show me also the interpretation of this dream.
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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 what is reserved for the last days, but cannot attain it.