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Let the multitude perish then, which was born in vain; and let my grape be kept, and my plant; for with great labour have I made it perfect.
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Nevertheless, if thou wilt cease yet seven days more, (but thou shalt not fast in them,
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But go into a field of flowers, where no house is builded, and eat only the flowers of the field; taste no flesh, drink no wine, but eat flowers only;)
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And pray unto the Highest continually, then will I come and talk with thee.
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So I went my way into the field which is called Ardath, like as he commanded me; and there I sat among the flowers, and did eat of the herbs of the field, and the meat of the same satisfied me.
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After seven days I sat upon the grass, and my heart was vexed within me, like as before:
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And I opened my mouth, and began to talk before the most High, and said,
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O Lord, thou that shewest thyself unto us, thou wast shewed unto our fathers in the wilderness, in a place where no man treadeth, in a barren place, when they came out of Egypt.
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And thou spakest saying, Hear me, O Israel; and mark my words, thou seed of Jacob.
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For, behold, I sow my law in you, and it shall bring fruit in you, and ye shall be honoured in it for ever.
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But our fathers, which received the law, kept it not, and observed not thy ordinances: and though the fruit of thy law did not perish, neither could it, for it was thine;