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"Abide still, O My people, and take thy rest, for thy quietness shall come.
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Nourish thy children, O thou good nurse, establish their feet.
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As for the servants whom I have given thee, there shall not one of them perish; for I will require them from among thy number.
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Be not weary; for when the day of trouble and heaviness cometh, others shall weep and be sorrowful, but thou shalt be merry and have abundance.
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The heathen shall envy thee, but they shall be able to do nothing against thee, saith the Lord.
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My hands shall cover thee, so that thy children shall not see hell.
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Be joyful, O thou mother, with thy children; for I will deliver thee, saith the Lord.
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Remember thy children that sleep, for I shall bring them out of the sides of the earth, and show mercy unto them; for I am merciful, saith the Lord Almighty.
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Embrace thy children until I come, and show mercy unto them; for My wells run over, and My grace shall not fail."
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I, Ezra, received a charge from the Lord upon Mount Horeb, that I should go unto Israel; but when I came unto them, they set me at nought, and despised the commandment of the Lord.
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And therefore I say unto you, O ye heathen, who hear and understand: Look for your Shepherd; He shall give you everlasting rest; for He is nigh at hand who shall come in the end of the world.