2 Esdras 15:2-18
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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:
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11 But I will bring them with a mighty hand and a stretched out arm, and smite Egypt with plagues, as before, and will destroy all the land thereof.
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12 Egypt shall mourn, and the foundation of it shall be smitten with the plague and punishment that God shall bring upon it.
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13 They that till the ground shall mourn: for their seeds shall fail through the blasting and hail, and with a fearful constellation.
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14 Woe to the world and them that dwell therein!
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15 For the sword and their destruction draweth nigh, and one people shall stand up and fight against another, and swords in their hands.
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16 For there shall be sedition among men, and invading one another; they shall not regard their kings nor princes, and the course of their actions shall stand in their power.
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17 A man shall desire to go into a city, and shall not be able.
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18 For because of their pride the cities shall be troubled, the houses shall be destroyed, and men shall be afraid.