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Who is it that has taken each man from his home and senselessly gathered here those who faithfully have held the fortresses of our country?
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Who is it that has so lawlessly encompassed with outrageous treatment those who from the beginning differed from all nations in their goodwill toward us and often have accepted willingly the worst of human dangers?
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Loose and untie their unjust bonds! Send them back to their homes in peace, begging pardon for your former actions!
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Release the sons of the almighty and living God of heaven, who from the time of our ancestors until now has granted an unimpeded and notable stability to our government."
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These then were the things he said; and the Jews, immediately released, praised their holy God and Savior, since they now had escaped death.
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.