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he will take holiness as an invincible shield,
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and sharpen stern wrath for a sword, and creation will join with him to fight against the madmen.
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Shafts of lightning will fly with true aim, and will leap to the target as from a well-drawn bow of clouds,
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and hailstones full of wrath will be hurled as from a catapult; the water of the sea will rage against them, and rivers will relentlessly overwhelm them;
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a mighty wind will rise against them , and like a tempest it will winnow them away. Lawlessness will lay waste the whole earth, and evil-doing will overturn the thrones of rulers.