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While she was yet speaking these words, the young man said, Whom wait ye for? I will not obey the king's commandment, but I will obey the commandment of the law that was given unto our fathers by Moses.
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And thou, who hast been the author of all evil against the Hebrews, shalt not escape the hands of God.
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For we suffer because of our sins.
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And though the living Lord be angry with us a little while for our chastening and correction, yet shall He be at one again with His servants.
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But thou, O godless man, and of all others most wicked, be not lifted up without a cause, nor puffed up with uncertain hopes, lifting up thy hand against the servants of God.
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For thou hast not yet escaped the judgment of Almighty God, who seeth all things.
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For our brethren, who now have suffered a short pain, are dead under God's covenant of everlasting life; but thou, through the judgment of God, shalt receive just punishment for thy pride.
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But I, as my brethren, offer up my body and life for the laws of our fathers, beseeching God that He would speedily be merciful unto our nation, and that thou, by torments and plagues, mayest confess that He alone is God;
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and that through me and my brethren the wrath of the Almighty, which is justly brought upon our nation, may cease.
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Then the king, being in a rage, handled him worse than all the rest, and took it grievously that he was mocked.
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So this man died undefiled, and put his whole trust in the Lord.