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that the speech concerns them. They will tremble and be shaken, for they know that their end must be changed."
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When I heard this, I rose to my feet and listened, and behold, a voice was speaking, and its sound was like the sound of many waters.
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And it said, "Behold, the days are coming, and it shall be that when I draw near to visit the inhabitants of the earth,
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and when I require from the doers of iniquity the penalty of their iniquity, and when the humiliation of Zion is complete,
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and when the seal is placed upon the age which is about to pass away, then I will show these signs: the books shall be opened before the firmament, and all shall see it together.
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.