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Thereupon the Lord relented. “This shall not happen,” said the Lord God.

The Vision of Fire. This is what the Lord God then showed me: the Lord God was summoning a fire of judgment to devour the great abyss and to consume the land. I said:

Lord God, cease, I beg you.
    Jacob is so small;
    how can he survive?

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So the Lord relented.(A)

“This will not happen,” the Lord said.(B)

This is what the Sovereign Lord showed me: The Sovereign Lord was calling for judgment by fire;(C) it dried up the great deep and devoured(D) the land. Then I cried out, “Sovereign Lord, I beg you, stop! How can Jacob survive? He is so small!(E)

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