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While she was yet speaking these words, the young man said: For whom do you stay ? I will not obey the commandment of the king, but the commandment of the law, which was given us by Moses.
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But thou that hast been the author of all mischief against the Hebrews, shalt not escape the hand of God.
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For we suffer thus for our sine.
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And though the Lord our God is angry with us a little while for our chastisement and correction: yet he will be reconciled again to his servants.
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But thou, O wicked and of all men most flagitious, be not lifted up without cause with vain hopes, whilst thou art raging against his servants.
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For thou hast not yet escaped the judgment of the almighty God, who beholdeth all things.
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For my brethren, having now undergone a short pain, are under the covenant of eternal life: but thou by the judgment of God shalt receive just punishment for thy pride.
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But I, like my brethren, offer up my life and my body for the laws of our fathers: calling upon God to be speedily merciful to our nation, and that thou by torments and stripes mayst confess that he alone is God.
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But in me and in my brethren the wrath of the Almighty, which hath justly been brought upon all our nation, shall cease.
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Then the king being incensed with anger, raged against him more cruelly than all the rest, taking it grievously that he was mocked.
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So this man also died undefiled, wholly trusting in the Lord.