<p class="poetry">And I cried out,<n id="1" /> &#8220;We are doomed!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Our wound is severe!p> <p class="poetry">We once thought, &#8216;This is only an illness.p> <p class="poetry">And we will be able to bear it!&#8217;<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">I thought, &#8220;Surely it is only the ignorant poor who act this way.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">They act like fools because they do not know what the <sc>Lordsc> demands.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">They do not know what their God requires of them.<n id="3" />p>

But if that nation does what displeases me and does not obey me, then I will cancel the good I promised to do to it.

<p class="poetry">&#8220;I thought to myself,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8216;Oh what a joy it would be for me to treat you like a son!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">What a joy it would be for me to give<n id="3" /> you a pleasant land,p> <p class="poetry">the most beautiful piece of property there is in all the world!&#8217;<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">I thought you would call me, &#8216;Father&#8217;<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">and would never cease being loyal to me.<n id="6" />p>