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"Awake, O sword, against my shepherd,
against the man who is my associate,"
+qsays the
Strike the shepherd, that the sheep may be scattered;
I will turn my hand against the little ones.
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In the whole land, says the
two-thirds shall be cut off and perish,
and one-third shall be left alive.
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And I will put this third into the fire,
refine them as one refines silver,
and test them as gold is tested.
They will call on my name,
and I will answer them.
I will say, "They are my people";
and they will say, "The