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apart; the family of the house of the Shime ites apart, and their wives apart; all the fam ilies that remain, every family apart, and their wives apart.'' But following their mourning a fountain shall be opened for sin and for uncleanness (Zech. 13 :1) and Jeho vah Himself shall go forth to fight against all their enemies (Zech. 14:1-3). ' 2. Following upon what has just been said, THE RETURN OF OUR LORD JESUS SHALL RESULT IN ISRAEL 's DELIVERANCE IN THE DAY WHEN HIS TRIALS AND SUFFERINGS CULMINATE. We read in Zech. 14 :1-4, ''Behold, a day of J eho vah cometh when the spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee. For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle ; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city. Then shall Jehovah go forth, and fight against those nations: as when he fought in the days of battle. And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east; and the :mount of Olives shall be cleft in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, 8.1.ld there shall be a very
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