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For in many places and in neighboring cities there shall be a great insurrection against those who fear the Lord.
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They shall be like mad men, sparing no one, but plundering and destroying those who continue to fear the Lord.
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For they shall destroy and plunder their goods, and drive them out of their houses.
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Then the tested quality of my elect shall be manifest, as gold that is tested by fire.
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"Hear, my elect," says the Lord. "Behold, the days of tribulation are at hand, and I will deliver you from them.
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Do not fear or doubt, for God is your guide.
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You who keep my commandments and precepts," says the Lord God, "do not let your sins pull you down, or your iniquities prevail over you."
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Woe to those who are choked by their sins and overwhelmed by their iniquities, as a field is choked with underbrush and its path overwhelmed with thorns, so that no one can pass through!
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It is shut off and given up to be consumed by fire.