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An Oracle Concerning Nineveh. The

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Book of the Vision of Nahum of Elchosh. The

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Lord is a jealous and avenging God.

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The Lord is avenging and wrathful. The

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Lord takes vengeance on His adversaries and

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keeps wrath for His enemies. The

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Lord is slow to anger and great in

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power, and the Lord will by no means

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clear the guilty. His

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way is in whirlwind and storm, and

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the clouds are the dust of His

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feet. He rebukes the sea

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and makes it dry. He dries up

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all the rivers. Vatian and

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Carmel wither. The bloom of

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Lebanon withers. The mountains

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quake before Him. The hills melt.

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The earth heaves before Him. The

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world and all who dwell in it. Who

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can stand before His indignation? Who

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can endure the heat of His anger? His

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wrath is poured out like fire, and the

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rocks are broken into pieces by Him. The

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Lord is good. A stronghold in the

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day of trouble. He knows those

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who take refuge in Him. But

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with an overflowing flood, He will

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make a complete end of the

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adversaries and will pursue His enemies

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into darkness. What

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do you plot against the Lord? He

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will make a complete end. Trouble will not

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rise up a second time. For

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they are like entangled thorns, like

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drunkards as they drink. They

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are consumed like stubble fully dried.

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From you came one who plotted evil against

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the Lord, a worthless counselor.

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Thus says the Lord, though

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they are at full strength and many, they

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will be cut down and pass away. Though

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I have afflicted you, I will afflict you

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no more, and now I

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will break His yoke from off you and will

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burst your bonds apart. The

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Lord has given commandment about you. No

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more shall your name be perpetuated. From

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the house of your gods I will cut off the

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carved image in the metal. image. I

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will make your grave, for you are vile.

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Behold, upon the mountains, the feet

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of Him who brings good news,

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who publishes peace. Keep

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your feasts, O Judah, fulfill your

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vows, for never again shall

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the worthless pass through you. He

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is utterly cut off. The

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scatterer has come up against you. Man

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the ramparts, watch the road, dress

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for battle, protect all your strength.

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For the Lord is restoring the

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majesty of Jacob, as the majesty

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of Israel, for plunderers have plundered

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them and ruined their branches. The

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shield of His mighty men is red.

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His soldiers are clothed in scarlet. The

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chariots come with flashing metal on the

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day He musters them. The cypress spears

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are brandished. The chariots

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race madly through the streets. They

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rush to and fro through the

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squares. They gleam like torches.

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They dart like lightning. He

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remembers His officers. They stumble as they

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go. They hasten to the wall. The

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siege tower is set up. The

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river gates are opened. The palace

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melts away. Its mistress is

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stripped. She is carried off,

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her slave girls lamenting, moaning

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like doves and beating their breasts. Nineveh

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is like a pool whose waters run

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away. Halt! Halt! they cry,

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but none turns back. Plunder

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the silver, plunder the gold.

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There is no end of the treasure or

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of the wealth of all precious things. Desolate!

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Desolation and ruin! Hearts

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melt and knees tremble. Anguish

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is in all loins. All

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faces grow pale. Where

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is the lion's den, the feeding place of the

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young lions? Where the lion and

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lioness went, where his cubs were, with

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none to disturb. The

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lion tore enough for his cubs

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and strangled prey for his lionesses.

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He filled his caves with prey. and

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his dens with torn flesh. Behold,

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I am against you, declares the Lord

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of Hosts, and I will burn your

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chariots in smoke and the sword shall

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devour your young lions. I

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will cut off your prey from the earth and

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the voice of your messengers shall no longer be

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heard. Woe to the

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bloody city, all full of lies

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and plunder, no end to the

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prey, the crack of the whip and

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rumble of the wheel, galloping horse and

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bounding chariot, horsemen charging

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flashing sword and glittering spear,

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hosts of slain, heaps of

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corpses, dead bodies without end,

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they stumble over the bodies.

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And all for the countless whorings

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of the prostitute, graceful and of

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deadly charms, who betrays nations

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with their whorings and peoples with their

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charms. Behold, I

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am against you, declares the Lord of Hosts,

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and will lift up your skirts over your

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face, and I will make nations

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look at your nakedness and kingdoms at your

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shame. I will

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throw filth at you and treat you with

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contempt and make you a spectacle, and

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all who look at you will shrink from you and

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say, Wasted is Nineveh,

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who will grieve for her, where

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shall I seek comfort is for you. Are

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you better than Thebes that sat by

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the Nile with water around her, her

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rampart a sea and water her wall?

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Which was her strength? Egypt too,

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and that without limit. Poot

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and the Libyans were her helpers. Yet

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she became an exile. She went into

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captivity, her infants were dashed in pieces

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at the head of every street, for

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her honored men lots were cast, and

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all her great men were bound in

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chains. You

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also will be drunken. You will

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go into hiding. You will seek a refuge

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from the enemy. All your

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fortresses are like fig trees with first

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ripe figs. If shaken they fall

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into the mouth of the eater. Behold

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your troops are women in your midst. The

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gates of your land are wide open to your enemies.

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Fire has devoured your bars. Draw

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water for the siege. Strengthen

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your forts. Go into the clay.

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Tread the mortar. Take hold of the brick

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mould. There will

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the fire devour you. The sword will cut

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you off. It will devour

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you like the locust. Multiply

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yourselves like the locust. Multiply

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like the grasshopper. You

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increase your merchants more than the stars of

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the heavens. The locust spreads

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its wings and flies away. Your

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princes are like grasshoppers. Your scribes like

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clouds of locusts settling on the fences

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in a day of cold. When

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the sun rises, they fly away. No

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one knows where they are. Your

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shepherds are asleep, O king of

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Assyria. Your nobles slumber.

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Your people are scattered on the mountains with none

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to gather them. There

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is no easing your hurt. Your wound is

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grievous. All who hear

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the news about you clap their hands

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over you, for upon

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whom has not come your unceasing

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evil. A

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Song of Praise of David I

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will extol you, my God and King, and

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bless your name forever and ever. Every

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day I will bless you and praise your name

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forever and ever. Great

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is the Lord and greatly to be

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praised, and His greatness is unsearchable. One

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generation shall command your works to another

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and shall declare your mighty acts. On

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the glorious splendor of your majesty and

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on your wondrous works I will meditate.

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They shall speak of the might of your awesome

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deeds and I will declare your greatness. They

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shall pour forth the fame of your

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abundant goodness and shall sing aloud of

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your righteousness. The

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Lord is gracious and merciful, slow

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to anger and abundance. bounding in steadfast

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love. The Lord

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is good to all, and His mercy is

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over all that He has made. All

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your works shall give thanks to you, O Lord,

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and all your saints shall bless you. They

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shall speak of the glory of your kingdom and

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tell of your power to make known to the

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children of man your mighty deeds and the glorious

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splendor of your kingdom. Your

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kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and

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your dominion endures throughout all generations.

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The Lord is faithful in all His words

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and kind in all His works. After

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this I saw four angels standing at the

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four corners of the earth, holding back the

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four winds of the earth, that no wind

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might blow on earth or sea or against

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any tree. Then

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I saw another angel ascending from the

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rising of the sun with the seal

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of the living God, and he

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called with a loud voice to the four angels

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who had been given power to harm earth and

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sea, saying, Do not

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harm the earth or the sea or the

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trees until we have sealed the servants of

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our God on their foreheads. And

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I heard the number of the sealed, one

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hundred and forty-four thousand, sealed

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from every tribe of the sons of Israel.

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Twelve thousand from the tribe of Judah were sealed.

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Twelve thousand from the tribe of Ruban. Twelve

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thousand from the tribe of Gad. Twelve

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thousand from the tribe of Asher. Twelve

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thousand from the tribe of Naftali. Twelve

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thousand from the tribe of reprocess. Twelve

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thousand from the tribe of Simeon. Twelve

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thousand from the tribe of Levi. Twelve

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thousand from the tribe of Issachar. Twelve

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thousand from the tribe of Zebulun. Twelve

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thousand from the tribe of Joseph. Twelve

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thousand from the tribe of Benjamin were

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sealed. After

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This I looked and beholded. A

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great multitude that no one could

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number from every nation, from all

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tribes and people's and languages standing

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before the throne and before the

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lamb, closed in white robes with

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palm branches in their hands and

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crying out with a loud voice.

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Salvation. Belongs to our gods who

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sits on the throne and to the

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lamb. And all the

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angels were standing around the throne and

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around the elders and the for living

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creatures and they sell on their faces

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before the throne and worship God saying.

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Oh Man! blessing and glory and

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wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and

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power and might be to our

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God for ever and ever. Amen.

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Them. One of the elders addressed me saying.

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Who. Are these closed and white robes?

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And from where have they come? I.

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Said to him. Sir. You

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know, And. He said

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to me. These. Are the

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ones coming out of the great tribulation? They.

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Have washed their robes and made him white

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in the blood of the lamb. Therefore,

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they are before the throne of Gods and

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serve him day and night in his temple.

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And. He who sits on the throne will

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shelter them with his presence. They.

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Shall hunger no more, neither

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thirst anymore. The. Sun so

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much strike them nor any scorching heat.

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For. The lamb and the midst of the throne

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will be there shepherd and he will guide

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them to springs of living water. And

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God will wipe away every tear from

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their eyes. When. The Lamb

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open the seventh seal. There. Was

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silence in heaven for about half an hour?

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Then I saw the seven angels who stand

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before God and seven trumpets were given to

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them. And another angel came

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and stood at the altar with a golden

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censor and he was given much incense to

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offer with the prayers of all the saints

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on the golden altar before the throne and

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the smoke of the incense with the prayers

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of the saints. Rose before God

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from the here the be angel. Then.

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The angel took the sensor and filled it

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with fire from the altar and threw it

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on the earth. And the

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repeals of thunder rumblings, flashes

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of lightning, and an earthquake.

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Now. The seven Angels who had the seven

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trumpets prepared to blow them. The.

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First Angel blue his trumpet and

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there followed sale and fire mixed

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with blood. And these were thrown

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upon the earth. And a third

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of the earth was burned up and a

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third of the trees were burned up and

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all green grass was burned up. The.

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Second angel blue his trumpet and something

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like a great and mountain burning with

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fire was thrown into the sea and

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a third of the see became blood.

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A third of the living creatures in the

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sea died and a third of the ships

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were destroyed. The third

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angel blue his trumpet. And a

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great stars fell from heaven blazing like

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a torch, and it fell on a

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third of the rivers and on the

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springs of water. The name

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of the star is Wormwood. A

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third of the waters became wormwood and

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many people died from the water because

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it had been made better. The

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fourth angel blue his trumpet. And.

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A third of the sun was struck. And.

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A third of the moon and a third of

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the stars. So. That a third of

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their light might be darkened. And. A

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third of the day might be kept from shining,

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and likewise a third of the night. Then

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I looked am I heard an eagle crying

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with a loud voice as it flew directly

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overhead. Whoa. Whoa.

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Whoa. To those who dwell on the

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earth at the blasts of the other

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trumpets that the three angels are about

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to blow. And the fifth

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Angel blue his trumpet. And. I

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saw a star fallen from heaven to earth.

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And he was given the key to the shaft

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of the bottomless pit. He opened the

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shaft of the bottomless pit. And. From

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the shaft rose smoke Like to smoke

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have a great furnace. The

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sun and the there were dark and with the smoke

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from the shaft. Then.

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From the smoke came locusts on the earth.

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And they were given power like the power of

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scorpions of the earth. They.

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Were told not to harm the grass of

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the earth or any green plants or any

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tree. That. Only those people who

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do not have the seal of God on

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their foreheads. They. Were

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allowed to torment them for five months,

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but not to kill them. And.

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Torment was liked to torment have a

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scorpion when it stings someone. And

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in those days people will seek deaths

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and will not find it. They.

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Will long to die. But.

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Death will flee from them. In

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appearance, the locusts were like horses

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prepared for battle. On. Their

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heads were what looked like crowns of gold.

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Their. Faces were like human faces. Their.

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Hair like women's hair and their

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teeth. Mike Lions teeth. They.

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Had breastplate like breastplate of iron and

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the noise of their wings was like

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the noise of many chariots with horses

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rushing into battle. The.

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Have tails and stings like scorpions.

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And their power to hurt people for five

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months is in their tails. They.

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Have as king over them. The angel of

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the bottomless pit. His.

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Name in Hebrew is a baton. And.

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In Greek he has called a polio. The.

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First, whoa has passed. Behold.

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To woes are still to come. Then.

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The sixth angel blue, his trumpet.

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And. I heard a voice from the for

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forms of the Golden Alter before God saying

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to the six Angel who had the trumpet.

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Released. The For Angels Who Are Bound

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at the Great River Euphrates. So.

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The for angels who had been prepared

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for the our the day, the month

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and the year. Were. Released to

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kill a third of mankind. The.

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Number of mounted troops was twice.

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Ten thousand times ten thousand. I

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heard their number. And. This

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is how I saw the horses in my vision

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and those who wrote them. They. War

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breastplate the color of fire and

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of sapphire and of sulphur. And

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the heads of the horses were like lions

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heads and fire and smoke and sulphur came

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out of their mouths. By

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these three plagues, a third of

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mankind was killed. By.

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The fire and smoke and sulphur coming

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out of their mouths. For.

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The power of the horses is in

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their mouths and in their tails for

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their tales or like serpents with heads

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and by means of them they wound.

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The. Rest of mankind who were not

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killed by these plagues. Did.

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Not repent of the works of their

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hands, No give up worshipping demons and

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idols of gold and silver and bronze

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and stone and wood which cannot see

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or hear or walk. Nor.

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Did they repent of their murders? Or.

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Their sorcery. His are their sexual

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immorality. Or. Their tests.