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the valley."

56.4 And then, that valley will be filled with their chosen and beloved ones,

and the days of their life will be at an end, and the days of their leading

astray will no longer be counted.

56.5 And in those days, the Angels will gather together, and will throw
themselves towards the east, upon the Parthians and Medes. They will stir

up the kings so that a disturbing spirit will come upon them, and they will
drive them from their thrones; and they will come out like lions from their

lairs, and like hungry wolves in the middle of their flocks.
56.6 And they will go up and trample on the Land of My Chosen Ones, and

the land of my chosen ones will become before them a tramping-ground

and a beaten track.

56.7 But the City of My Righteous Ones will be a hindrance to their horses,

and they will stir up slaughter amongst themselves, and their own right

hand will be strong against them. And a man will not admit to knowing his

neighbour, or his brother, nor a son his father, or his mother, until, through

their death, there are corpses enough; and their punishment - it will not be

in vain.

56.8 And in those days Sheol will open its mouth and they will sink into it

and their destruction; Sheol will swallow up the sinners in front of the faces

of the chosen."

57.1 And it came to pass, after this, that I saw another host of chariots with

men riding on them, and they came upon the wind from the east and from

the west, to the south.

57.2 And the sound of the noise of their chariots was heard. And when this

occurred the Holy Ones observed it from Heaven and the Pillars of the

Earth were shaken from their foundations. And the sound was heard from

the ends of the Earth to the ends of Heaven throughout one day.

57.3 And all will fall down and worship the Lord of Spirits. And this is the

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