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And she was greatly renowned among all, because she feared the Lord very much, neither was there any one that spoke an ill word of her.
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When therefore she had heard that Ozias had promised that he would deliver up the city after the fifth day, she sent to the ancients Chabri and Charmi.
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And they came to her, and she said to them: What is this word, by which Ozias hath consented to give up the city to the Assyrians, if within five days there come no aid to us?
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And who are you that tempt the Lord?
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This is not a word that may draw down mercy, but rather that may stir up wrath, and enkindle indignation.
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You have set a time for the mercy of the Lord, and you have appointed him a day, according to your pleasure.
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But forasmuch as the Lord is patient, let us be penitent for this same thing, and with many tears let us beg his pardon:
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For God will not threaten like man, nor be inflamed to anger like the son of man.
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And therefore let us humble our souls before him, and continuing in an humble spirit, in his service:
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Let us ask the Lord with tears, that according to his will so he would shew his mercy to us: that as our heart is troubled by their pride, so also we may glorify in our humility.
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For we have not followed the sins of our fathers, who forsook their God, and worshipped strange gods.