My soul, my soul! I am pained to my inmost heart; my heart is troubled in me; I am not able to be quiet, because the sound of the horn, the note of war, has come to my ears.

The Lord has said, See, a people is coming from the north country, a great nation will be put in motion from the inmost parts of the earth.

We were looking for peace, but no good came; and for a time of well-being, but there is only a great fear.

O sword of the Lord, how long will you have no rest? put yourself back into your cover; be at peace, be quiet.

For this reason I will send the worst of the nations and they will take their houses for themselves: I will make the pride of their strength come to an end; and their holy places will be made unclean.

Or if I send a sword against that land, and say, Sword, go through the land, cutting off from it man and beast:

Son of man, say as a prophet, These are the words of the Lord: Say, A sword, a sword which has been made sharp and polished:

And when you have news of wars and talk of wars, do not be troubled; these things have to be, but it is still not the end.

And when news of wars and troubled times comes to your ears, have no fear; for these things have to be, but the end will not be now.

See

The Lord is my light and my salvation; who is then a cause of fear to me? the Lord is the strength of my life; who is a danger to me?

God is our harbour and our strength, a very present help in trouble.

He will have no fear of evil news; his heart is fixed, for his hope is in the Lord.

Do not say, It is holy, about everything of which this people says, It is holy; and do not be in fear of what they go in fear of.

See, God is my salvation; I will have faith in the Lord, without fear: for the Lord Jah is my strength and song; and he has become my salvation.

The man whose heart is unmoved you will keep in peace, because his hope is in you.

Hearing it, my inner parts were moved, and my lips were shaking at the sound; my bones became feeble, and my steps were uncertain under me: I gave sounds of grief in the day of trouble, when his forces came up against the people in bands.

By going through all these things, you will keep your lives.

Let not your heart be troubled: have faith in God and have faith in me.

That you may not be moved in mind or troubled by a spirit, or by a word, or by a letter as from us, with the suggestion that the day of the Lord is even now come;

But you are happy if you undergo pain because of righteousness; have no part in their fear and do not be troubled;

Must

But how then would the Writings come true, which say that so it has to be?

For I say to you that these words will be put into effect in me, And he was numbered among the evil-doers: for what has been said in the Writings about me has an end.

Saying, Have no fear, Paul, for you will come before Caesar, and God has given to you all those who are sailing with you.

But

And this good news of the kingdom will be given through all the world for a witness to all nations; and then the end will come.

Seventy weeks have been fixed for your people and your holy town, to let wrongdoing be complete and sin come to its full limit, and for the clearing away of evil-doing and the coming in of eternal righteousness: so that the vision and the word of the prophet may be stamped as true, and to put the holy oil on a most holy place.

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But he who goes through to the end will get salvation.