the head that is on the right side;

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It signifieth that these are they, whom the Highest hath kept
unto their end: this is the small kingdom and full of trouble,
as thou sawest.

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And the lion, whom thou sawest rising up out of the wood, and
roaring, and speaking to the eagle, and rebuking her for her
unrighteousness with all the words which thou hast heard;

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This is the anointed, which the Highest hath kept for them
and for their wickedness unto the end: he shall reprove them,
and shall upbraid them with their cruelty.

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For he shall set them before him alive in judgment, and shall
rebuke them, and correct them.

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For the rest of my people shall he deliver with mercy, those
that have been pressed upon my borders, and he shall make them
joyful until the coming of the day of judgment, whereof I have
spoken unto thee from the the beginning.

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This is the dream that thou sawest, and these are the
interpretations.

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Thou only hast been meet to know this secret of the Highest.

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Therefore write all these things that thou hast seen in a
book, and hide them:

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And teach them to the wise of the people, whose hearts thou
knowest may comprehend and keep these secrets.

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But wait thou here thyself yet seven days more, that it may
be shewed thee, whatsoever it pleaseth the Highest to declare
unto thee. And with that he went his way.

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And it came to pass, when all the people saw that the seven
days were past, and I not come again into the city, they
gathered them all together, from the least unto the greatest,
and came unto me, and said,

2 Esdr 12:41
What have we offended thee? and what evil have we done
against thee, that thou forsakest us, and sittest here in this
place?

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For of all the prophets thou only art left us, as a cluster
of the vintage, and as a candle in a dark place, and as a haven
or ship preserved from the tempest.

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Are not the evils which are come to us sufficient?

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If thou shalt forsake us, how much better had it been for us,
if we also had been burned in the midst of Sion?

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For we are not better than they that died there. And they
wept with a loud voice. Then answered I them, and said,

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Be of good comfort, O Israel; and be not heavy, thou house of
Jacob:

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For the