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But I will avenge my nation and the sanctuary and your wives and children, for all the nations have gathered together out of hatred to destroy us."
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The spirit of the people was rekindled when they heard these words,
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and they answered in a loud voice, "You are our leader in place of Judas and Jonathan your brother.
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Fight our battles, and all that you say to us we will do."
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So he assembled all the warriors and hastened to complete the walls of Jerusalem, and he fortified it on every side.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.