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"I do not desert the excellent example of my brothers,
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and I call on the God of our fathers to be merciful to our nation;
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but on you he will take vengeance both in this present life and when you are dead."
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After he had uttered these imprecations, he flung himself into the braziers and so ended his life.
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.