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And the Most High shall be revealed upon the seat of judgment, and compassion shall pass away, and patience shall be withdrawn;
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but only judgment shall remain, truth shall stand, and faithfulness shall grow strong.
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And recompense shall follow, and the reward shall be manifested; righteous deeds shall awake, and unrighteous deeds shall not sleep.
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Then the pit of torment shall appear, and opposite it shall be the place of rest; and the furnace of hell shall be disclosed, and opposite it the paradise of delight. I answered and said, "How then do we find that first Abraham prayed for the people of Sodom, and Moses for our fathers who sinned in the desert,
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Then the Most High will say to the nations that have been raised from the dead, `Look now, and understand whom you have denied, whom you have not served, whose commandments you have despised! and Joshua after him for Israel in the days of Achan,
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