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The Lord says, "Behold, speak in the ears of my people the words of the prophecy which I will put in your mouth,
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and cause them to be written on paper; for they are trustworthy and true.
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Do not fear the plots against you, and do not be troubled by the unbelief of those who oppose you.
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For every unbeliever shall die in his unbelief."
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"Behold," says the Lord, "I bring evils upon the world, the sword and famine and death and destruction.
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For iniquity has spread throughout every land, and their harmful deeds have reached their limit.
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Therefore," says the Lord,
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"I will be silent no longer concerning their ungodly deeds which they impiously commit, neither will I tolerate their wicked practices. Behold, innocent and righteous blood cries out to me, and the souls of the righteous cry out continually.
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I will surely avenge them," says the Lord, "and will receive to myself all the innocent blood from among them.
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Behold, my people is led like a flock to the slaughter; I will not allow them to live any longer in the land of Egypt,
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but I will bring them out with a mighty hand and with an uplifted arm, and will smite Egypt with plagues, as before, and will destroy all its land."