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Woe is me! Woe is me! Who will deliver me in those days?
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The beginning of sorrows and great mournings; the beginning of famine and great death; the beginning of wars, and the powers shall stand in fear; the beginning of evils! What shall I do when these evils shall come?
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Behold, famine and plague, tribulation and anguish, are sent as scourges for amendment.
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But for all these things they shall not turn from their wickedness, nor be always mindful of the scourges.
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Behold, victuals shall be so good and cheap upon earth that they shall think themselves to be in a good state, and even then shall evils grow upon earth; sword, famine, and great confusion.
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For many of them that dwell upon earth shall perish of famine; and the others that escape the hunger shall the sword destroy.
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And the dead shall be cast out as dung, and there shall be no man to comfort them; for the earth shall be wasted, and the cities shall be cast down.
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There shall be no man left to till the earth and to sow it.
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The trees shall give fruit, and who shall gather them?
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The grapes shall ripen, and who shall tread them? For all places shall be desolate of men,
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so that one man shall desire to see another and to hear his voice.