68. Look, God is judge. Fear him. Stop sinning and forget your wicked practices, never again to commit them. Then God will lead you out and deliver you from all tribulation.
69. Look, the rage of a large crowd will be stirred up against you. They will take some of you and try to feed you meat that was sacrificed to idols.
70. Those who consent to this will be mocked and disgraced by them and trampled underfoot.
71. There will be great uprisings against those who fear the Lord in many places and in neighboring cities.
72. People will be like maniacs on account of their own distress. They will spare no one, seeking to plunder and destroy those who still fear the Lord.
73. They will destroy and rob their possessions and throw them out of their own homes.
74. In that time, the genuine commitment of my chosen ones will be shown, as gold that is tested by fire.
75. Listen, my chosen ones, says the Lord, the days of distress are at hand, and I will deliver you from these.
76. Don’t fear or hesitate, for God is your leader.
77. You who keep my commandments and precepts, says the Lord God, don’t let your sins drag you down, and don’t let wickedness get the upper hand over you.
78. How terrible it will be for those who are choked by their sins and covered over by their iniquities, as a field is choked by overgrowth and its paths are covered over by thorns so that a human being can’t pass through. It is shut off and consigned to destruction by fire.