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"Woe to them, for they have fled from Me! Destruction to them, Because they have transgressed against Me! Though I redeemed them, Yet they have spoken lies against Me.
"Indeed, what have you to do with Me, O Tyre and Sidon, and all the coasts of Philistia? Will you retaliate against Me? But if you retaliate against Me, Swiftly and speedily I will return your retaliation upon your own head;
"Now a word was secretly brought to me, And my ear received a whisper of it.
He shall judge between many peoples, And rebuke strong nations afar off; They shall beat their swords into plowshares, And their spears into pruning hooks; Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, Neither shall they learn war anymore.
In famine He shall redeem you from death, And in war from the power of the sword.
"Thus says the LORD of hosts: 'Peoples shall yet come, Inhabitants of many cities;
For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds,
"How the mighty have fallen, And the weapons of war perished!"
How then can you comfort me with empty words, Since falsehood remains in your answers?"
how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him,
"then you shall inquire, search out, and ask diligently. And if it is indeed true and certain that such an abomination was committed among you,
"Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.
"You have a few names even in Sardis who have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with Me in white, for they are worthy.
"And they shall go forth and look Upon the corpses of the men Who have transgressed against Me. For their worm does not die, And their fire is not quenched. They shall be an abhorrence to all flesh."
The eye of him who sees me will see me no more; While your eyes are upon me, I shall no longer be.
"Your words have been harsh against Me," Says the LORD, "Yet you say, 'What have we spoken against You?'
"If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.
"Have I now come up without the LORD against this place to destroy it? The LORD said to me, 'Go up against this land, and destroy it.' "
Then the LORD said to me: "Out of the north calamity shall break forth On all the inhabitants of the land.