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For of all the prophets thou only art left to us, as a cluster of the vintage, and as a candle in a dark place, and as a haven or ship preserved from the tempest.
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Are not the evils which have come to us sufficient?
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If thou shalt forsake us, how much better had it been for us if we also had been burned in the midst of Zion?
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For we are not better than those who died there." And they wept with a loud voice. Then answered I them and said,
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"Be of good comfort, O Israel; and be not heavy, thou house of Jacob.Œ
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