2 Esdras 15:2-10
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2 And cause them to be written in paper: for they are faithful and true.
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3 Fear not the imaginations against thee, let not the incredulity of them trouble thee, that speak against thee.
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4 For all the unfaithful shall die in their unfaithfulness.
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5 Behold, saith the Lord, I will bring plagues upon the world; the sword, famine, death, and destruction.
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6 For wickedness hath exceedingly polluted the whole earth, and their hurtful works are fulfilled.
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7 Therefore saith the Lord,
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8 I will hold my tongue no more as touching their wickedness, which they profanely commit, neither will I suffer them in those things, in which they wickedly exercise themselves: behold, the innocent and righteous blood crieth unto me, and the souls of the just complain continually.
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9 And therefore, saith the Lord, I will surely avenge them, and receive unto me all the innocent blood from among them.
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10 Behold, my people is led as a flock to the slaughter: I will not suffer them now to dwell in the land of Egypt: