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There shall be a confusion also in many places, and the fire shall be oft sent out again, and the wild beasts shall change their places, and menstruous women shall bring forth monsters.Œ
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And salt waters shall be found in the sweet, and all friends shall destroy one another; then shall reason hide itself, and understanding withdraw itself into his secret chamber,
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and shall be sought by many and yet not be found; then shall unrighteousness and incontinence be multiplied upon earth.
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One land also shall ask another and say, `Has righteousness that maketh a man righteous gone through thee?' And it shall say, `No.'
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At the same time shall men hope, but obtain nothing; they shall labor, but their ways shall not prosper.
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To show thee such tokens I have leave; and if thou wilt pray again and weep as now and fast seven days, thou shalt hear yet greater things."
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Then I awoke, and an extreme fearfulness went through all my body; and my mind was troubled, so that it fainted.
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So the angel that had come to talk with me held me, comforted me, and set me up upon my feet.
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And in the second night it came to pass that Phaltiel, the captain of the people, came unto me, saying, "Where hast thou been? And why is thy countenance so heavy?
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Knowest thou not that Israel is committed unto thee in the land of their captivity?
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Up then and eat bread, and forsake us not, as the shepherd who leaveth his flock in the hands of cruel wolves."