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| JUDAH, YOU ARE HE WHOM YOUR BROTHERS SHALL PRAISE; YOUR HAND SHALL BE ON THE NECK OF YOUR ENEMIES; YOUR FATHER'S CHILDREN SHALL BOW DOWN BEFORE YOU. JUDAH IS A LION'S WHELP; FROM THE PREY, MY SON, YOU HAVE GONE UP. HE BOWS DOWN, HE LIES DOWN AS A LION; AND AS A LION, WHO SHALL ROUSE HIM? |
| THE SCEPTER SHALL NOT DEPART FROM JUDAH, NOR A LAWGIVER FROM BETWEEN HIS FEET, UNTIL SHILOH COMES; AND TO HIM SHALL BE THE OBEDIENCE OF THE PEOPLE. BINDING HIS DONKEY TO THE VINE, AND HIS DONKEY'S COLT TO THE CHOICE VINE, HE WASHED HIS GARMENTS IN WINE, AND HIS CLOTHES IN THE BLOOD OF GRAPES. HIS EYES ARE DARKER THAN WINE, AND HIS TEETH WHITER THAN MILK |
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| AND I SAW IN THE RIGHT HAND OF HIM WHO SAT ON THE THRONE A SCROLL WRITTEN INSIDE AND ON THE BACK, SEALED WITH SEVEN SEALS. |
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| THEN I SAW A STRONG ANGEL PROCLIMING WITH A LOUD VOICE, "WHO IS WORTHY TO OPEN THE SCROLL AND TO LOOSE ITS SEALS?" AND NO ONE IN HEAVEN OR ON THE EARTH OR UNDER THE EARTH WAS ABLE TO OPEN THE SCROLL, OR TO LOOK AT IT.AND I WEPT MUCH, BECAUSE NO ONE WAS FOUND WORTHY TO OPEN AND READ THE SCROLL, OR TO LOOK AT IT. |
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| BUT ONE OF THE ELDERS SAID TO ME, "DO NOT WEEP. BEHOLD THE LION OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH, THE ROOT OF DAVID HAS PREVAILED TO OPEN THE SCROLL AND TO LOOSE ITS SEVEN SEALS." |