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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Tanach: Jeremiah 6: 22 Thus saith the LORD: Behold, a people cometh from the north country, and a great nation shall be roused from the uttermost parts of the earth.
Jeremiah 6: 23 They lay hold on bow and spear, they are cruel, and have no compassion; their voice is like the roaring sea, and they ride upon horses; set in array, as a man for war, against thee, O daughter of Zion.
Jeremiah 6: 24 'We have heard the fame thereof, our hands wax feeble, anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.'
Jeremiah 6: 25 Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for there is the sword of the enemy, and terror on every side.
Jeremiah 6: 26 O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes; make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation; for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.
Jeremiah 6: 27 I have made thee a tower and a fortress among My people; that thou mayest know and try their way.
Jeremiah 6: 28 They are all grievous revolters, going about with slanders; they are brass and iron; they all of them deal corruptly.
Jeremiah 6: 29 The bellows blow fiercely, the lead is consumed of the fire; in vain doth the founder refine, for the wicked are not separated.
Jeremiah 6: 30 Refuse silver shall men call them, because the LORD hath rejected them.
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