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Let them be scattered among the nations, let their names be blotted out from the earth, because they have despised my covenant.
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"Woe to you, Assyria, who conceal the unrighteous in your midst! O wicked nation, remember what I did to Sodom and Gomorrah,
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whose land lies in lumps of pitch and heaps of ashes. So will I do to those who have not listened to me, says the Lord Almighty."
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Thus says the Lord to Ezra: "Tell my people that I will give them the kingdom of Jerusalem, which I was going to give to Israel.
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Moreover, I will take back to myself their glory, and will give to these others the everlasting habitations, which I had prepared for Israel.
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The tree of life shall give them fragrant perfume, and they shall neither toil nor become weary.
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Ask and you will receive; pray that your days may be few, that they may be shortened. The kingdom is already prepared for you; watch!
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Call, O call heaven and earth to witness, for I left out evil and created good, because I live, says the Lord.
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"Mother, embrace your sons; bring them up with gladness, as does the dove; establish their feet, because I have chosen you, says the Lord.
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And I will raise up the dead from their places, and will bring them out from their tombs, because I recognize my name in them.
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Do not fear, mother of sons, for I have chosen you, says the Lord.