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After seven days I dreamed a dream in the night;
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and behold, a wind arose from the sea and stirred up all its waves.
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And I looked, and behold, this wind made something like the figure of a man come up out of the heart of the sea. And I looked, and behold, that man flew with the clouds of heaven; and wherever he turned his face to look, everything under his gaze trembled,
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and whenever his voice issued from his mouth, all who heard his voice melted as wax melts when it feels the fire.
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After this I looked, and behold, an innumerable multitude of men were gathered together from the four winds of heaven to make war against the man who came up out of the sea.
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And I looked, and behold, he carved out for himself a great mountain, and flew up upon it.
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And I tried to see the region or place from which the mountain was carved, but I could not.
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After this I looked, and behold, all who had gathered together against him, to wage war with him, were much afraid, yet dared to fight.
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And behold, when he saw the onrush of the approaching multitude, he neither lifted his hand nor held a spear or any weapon of war;