History and Prophecy
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“I am pained at my very heart; ... I cannot hold my peace, because
thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
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Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled.”
“I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and
the heavens, and they had no light. I beheld the mountains, and, lo,
they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly. I beheld, and, lo, there
was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled. I beheld, and,
lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were
broken down.”
Jeremiah 4:19, 20, 23-26
.
“Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the
time of Jacob’s trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.”
Jeremiah 30:7
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“Come, My people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy
doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the
indignation be overpast.”
Isaiah 26:20
.
“Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge,
Even the Most High, thy habitation;
There shall no evil befall thee,
Neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.”
Psalm 91:9, 10
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“The mighty God, even the Lord, hath spoken,
And called the earth from the rising of the sun unto
the
going down thereof.
Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.
Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence.”
“He shall call to the heavens above,
And to the earth, that He may judge His people....
And the heavens shall declare His righteousness;
For God is judge Himself.”
Psalm 50:1-3
;
50:4-6
, R.V.
“O daughter of Zion, ... the Lord shall redeem thee from the hand
of thine enemies. Now also many nations are gathered against thee,
that say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye look upon Zion. But