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peoples.<00:14:26.340><c> They</c><00:14:26.500><c> will</c><00:14:26.740><c> beat</c><00:14:26.960><c> their</c><00:14:27.320><c> swords</c><00:14:27.679><c> into</c><00:14:28.039><c> plowshares</c>

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more<00:21:36.960><c> weeping.</c><00:21:43.119><c> In</c><00:21:43.339><c> that</c><00:21:43.619><c> 65th</c><00:21:44.259><c> chapter</c><00:21:44.680><c> closes</c><00:21:45.140><c> out</c><00:21:45.500><c> and</c><00:21:45.799><c> says,</c><00:21:46.759><c> they</c><00:21:46.920><c> will</c><00:21:47.180><c> neither</c><00:21:47.460><c> harm</c><00:21:48.299><c> nor</c><00:21:48.819><c> destroy</c>

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on<00:21:50.240><c> all</c><00:21:50.640><c> my</c><00:21:50.920><c> holy</c><00:21:51.299><c> mountain</c><00:21:51.880><c> says</c><00:21:52.880><c> the</c><00:21:53.299><c> Lord.</c><00:21:53.900><c> A</c><00:21:54.140><c> time</c><00:21:54.339><c> of</c><00:21:54.660><c> peace</c><00:21:55.039><c> and</c>

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prosperity<00:21:56.319><c> and</c><00:21:57.039><c> goodness</c><00:21:57.480><c> and</c><00:21:57.900><c> righteousness</c>

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and<00:21:59.059><c> compassion</c><00:21:59.759><c> for</c><00:22:00.660><c> all</c><00:22:01.240><c> of</c><00:22:01.740><c> mankind.</c><00:22:03.059><c> Even</c><00:22:03.420><c> so</c><00:22:03.779><c> come</c><00:22:04.359><c> Lord</c><00:22:04.779><c> Jesus.</c>