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He said to me, "From Abraham to Isaac, because from him were born Jacob and Esau, for Jacob's hand held Esau's heel from the beginning.
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Now Esau is the end of this age, and Jacob is the beginning of the age that follows.
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The beginning of a person is the hand, and the end of a person is the heel; seek for nothing else, Ezra, between the heel and the hand, Ezra!"
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I answered and said, "O sovereign Lord, if I have found favor in your sight,
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show your servant the last of your signs of which you showed me a part on a previous night."
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He answered and said to me, "Rise to your feet and you will hear a full, resounding voice.
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And if the place where you are standing is greatly shaken
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while the voice is speaking, do not be terrified; because the word concerns the end, and the foundations of the earth will understand
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that the speech concerns them. They will tremble and be shaken, for they know that their end must be changed."
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When I heard this, I got to my feet and listened; a voice was speaking, and its sound was like the sound of mighty waters.
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It said, "The days are coming when I draw near to visit the inhabitants of the earth,