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There shall be chaos also in many places, and fire shall often break out, and the wild beasts shall roam beyond their haunts, and menstruous women shall bring forth monsters.
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And salt waters shall be found in the sweet, and all friends shall conquer one another; then shall reason hide itself, and wisdom shall withdraw into its chamber,
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and it shall be sought by many but shall not be found, and unrighteousness and unrestraint shall increase on earth.
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And one country shall ask its neighbor, `Has righteousness, or any one who does right, passed through you?' And it will answer, `No.'
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And at that time men shall hope but not obtain; they shall labor but their ways shall not prosper.
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These are the signs which I am permitted to tell you, and if you pray again, and weep as you do now, and fast for seven days, you shall hear yet greater things than these."
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Then I awoke, and my body shuddered violently, and my soul was so troubled that it fainted.
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But the angel who had come and talked with me held me and strengthened me and set me on my feet.
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Now on the second night Phaltiel, a chief of the people, came to me and said, "Where have you been? And why is your face sad?
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Or do you not know that Israel has been entrusted to you in the land of their exile?
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Rise therefore and eat some bread, so that you may not forsake us, like a shepherd who leaves his flock in the power of cruel wolves."