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| [1]Wait in hope, ye righteous; for suddenly shall sinners perish from before you, and you shall exercise dominion over them, according to your will. |
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| [2]In the day of the sufferings of sinners your offspring shall be elevated, and lifted up like eagles. Your nest shall be more exalted than that of the avest; you shall ascend, and enter into the cavities of the earth, and into the clefts of the rocks for ever, like conies, from the sight of the ungodly; |
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| [3]Who shall groan over you, and weep like sirens. |
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| [4]You shall not fear those who trouble you; for restoration shall be yours; a splendid light shall shine around you, and the voice of tranquillity shall be heard from heaven. Woe to you, sinners; for your wealth makes you resemble saints, but your hearts reproach you, knowing that you are sinners. This word shall testify against you, for the remembrance of crime. |
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| [5]Woe to you who feed upon the glory of the corn, and drink the strength of the deepest spring,ⓘ and in the pride of your power tread down the humble. |
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| [6]Woe to you who drink water at pleasure;ⓘ for suddenly shall you be recompensed, consumed, and withered, because you have forsaken the fountain of life. |
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| [7]Woe to you who act iniquitously, fraudulently, and blasphemously; there shall be a remembrance against you for evil. |
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| [8]Woe to you, ye powerful, who with power strike down righteousness; for the day of your destruction shall come; while at that very time many and good days shall be the portion of the righteous,ⓘ even at the period of your judgment. |
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