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Section 27

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XXVII.

Then, after all these things, the heavens will not

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give

their

dew

,

the

clouds

will

not

give

their

rain

,

the

earth

will

refuse

to

yield

its

fruits

,

the

sea

shall

be

filled

with

stench

,

the

rivers

shall

be

dried

up

,

the

fish

of

the

sea

shall

die

,

men

shall

perish

of

hunger

and

thirst

;

and

father

embracing

son

,

and

mother

embracing

daughter

,

will

die

together

,

and

there

will

be

none

to

bury

them

.

But

the

whole

earth

will

be

filled

with

the

stench

arising

from

the

dead

bodies

cast

forth

.

And

the

sea

,

not

receiving

the

floods

of

the

rivers

,

will

become

like

mire

,

and

will

be

filled

with

an

unlimited

smell

and

stench

.

Then

there

will

be

a

mighty

pestilence

upon

the

whole

earth

,

and

then

,

too

,

inconsolable

lamentation

,

and

measureless

weeping

,

and

unceasing

mourning

.

Then

men

will

deem

those

happy

who

are

dead

before

them

,

and

will

say

to

them

,

“

Open

your

sepulchres

,

and

take

us

miserable

beings

in

;

open

your

receptacles

for

the

reception

of

your

wretched

kinsmen

and

acquaintances

.

Happy

are

ye

,

in

that

ye

have

not

seen

our

days

.

Happy

are

ye

,

in

that

ye

have

not

had

to

witness

this

painful

life

of

ours

,

nor

this

irremediable

pestilence

,

nor

these

straits

that

possess

our

souls

.

”