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The Holy War, Made by King Shaddai Upon
The Holy War, Made by King Shaddai Upon

Chapter XI · Chapter 11

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But, oh! how this return, and specially this last clause of it, that the prisoners must go out to the Prince into the camp, brake all their loins in pieces!
Wherefore, with one voice they set up a cry that reached up to the heavens.
This done, each of the three prepared himself to die; (and the Recorder said unto them, This was the thing that I feared;’) for they concluded that to-morrow, by that the sun went down, they should be tumbled out of the world.
The whole town also counted of no other, but that, in their time and order, they must all drink of the same cup.
Wherefore the town of Mansoul spent that night in mourning, and sackcloth and ashes.
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The Holy War, Made by King Shaddai Upon

Chapter XI · Chapter 11

Chapter 11 of The Holy War, Made by King Shaddai Upon is here in full — 118 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/23 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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But, oh! how this return, and specially this last clause of it, that the prisoners must go out to the Prince into the camp, brake all their loins in pieces!
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Wherefore, with one voice they set up a cry that reached up to the heavens.
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This done, each of the three prepared himself to die; (and the Recorder said unto them, ‘This was the thing that I feared;’) for they concluded that to-morrow, by that the sun went down, they should be tumbled out of the world.
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The whole town also counted of no other, but that, in their time and order, they must all drink of the same cup.
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Wherefore the town of Mansoul spent that night in mourning, and sackcloth and ashes.

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Ashes noun US /ˈæʃ.ɪz/

The powdery residue left after the burning of a substance.

From this reading “Wherefore the town of Mansoul spent that night in mourning, and sackcloth and ashes.”

Same adjective US /seɪm/

Identical; not different.

From this reading “The whole town also counted of no other, but that, in their time and order, they must all drink of the same cup.”

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a

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From this reading Wherefore, with one voice they set up a cry that reached up to the heavens.

all

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From this reading But, oh! how this return, and specially this last clause of it, that the prisoners must go out to the Prince into the camp, brake all their loins in pieces!

also

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From this reading The whole town also counted of no other, but that, in their time and order, they must all drink of the same cup.

and

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From this reading But, oh! how this return, and specially this last clause of it, that the prisoners must go out to the Prince into the camp, brake all their loins in pieces!

ashesnounUS /ˈæʃ.ɪz/

The powdery residue left after the burning of a substance.

From this reading Wherefore the town of Mansoul spent that night in mourning, and sackcloth and ashes.

be

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From this reading This done, each of the three prepared himself to die; (and the Recorder said unto them, ‘This was the thing that I feared;’) for they concluded that to-morrow, by that the sun went down, they should be tumbled out of the world.

brake

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From this reading But, oh! how this return, and specially this last clause of it, that the prisoners must go out to the Prince into the camp, brake all their loins in pieces!

But

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From this reading But, oh! how this return, and specially this last clause of it, that the prisoners must go out to the Prince into the camp, brake all their loins in pieces!

by

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From this reading This done, each of the three prepared himself to die; (and the Recorder said unto them, ‘This was the thing that I feared;’) for they concluded that to-morrow, by that the sun went down, they should be tumbled out of the world.

camp

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From this reading But, oh! how this return, and specially this last clause of it, that the prisoners must go out to the Prince into the camp, brake all their loins in pieces!

clause

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From this reading But, oh! how this return, and specially this last clause of it, that the prisoners must go out to the Prince into the camp, brake all their loins in pieces!

concluded

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From this reading This done, each of the three prepared himself to die; (and the Recorder said unto them, ‘This was the thing that I feared;’) for they concluded that to-morrow, by that the sun went down, they should be tumbled out of the world.

counted

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From this reading The whole town also counted of no other, but that, in their time and order, they must all drink of the same cup.

cry

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From this reading Wherefore, with one voice they set up a cry that reached up to the heavens.

cup

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From this reading The whole town also counted of no other, but that, in their time and order, they must all drink of the same cup.

die

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From this reading This done, each of the three prepared himself to die; (and the Recorder said unto them, ‘This was the thing that I feared;’) for they concluded that to-morrow, by that the sun went down, they should be tumbled out of the world.

done

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From this reading This done, each of the three prepared himself to die; (and the Recorder said unto them, ‘This was the thing that I feared;’) for they concluded that to-morrow, by that the sun went down, they should be tumbled out of the world.

down

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From this reading This done, each of the three prepared himself to die; (and the Recorder said unto them, ‘This was the thing that I feared;’) for they concluded that to-morrow, by that the sun went down, they should be tumbled out of the world.

drink

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From this reading The whole town also counted of no other, but that, in their time and order, they must all drink of the same cup.

each

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From this reading This done, each of the three prepared himself to die; (and the Recorder said unto them, ‘This was the thing that I feared;’) for they concluded that to-morrow, by that the sun went down, they should be tumbled out of the world.

feared

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From this reading This done, each of the three prepared himself to die; (and the Recorder said unto them, ‘This was the thing that I feared;’) for they concluded that to-morrow, by that the sun went down, they should be tumbled out of the world.

for

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From this reading This done, each of the three prepared himself to die; (and the Recorder said unto them, ‘This was the thing that I feared;’) for they concluded that to-morrow, by that the sun went down, they should be tumbled out of the world.

go

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From this reading But, oh! how this return, and specially this last clause of it, that the prisoners must go out to the Prince into the camp, brake all their loins in pieces!

heavens

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From this reading Wherefore, with one voice they set up a cry that reached up to the heavens.

himself

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From this reading This done, each of the three prepared himself to die; (and the Recorder said unto them, ‘This was the thing that I feared;’) for they concluded that to-morrow, by that the sun went down, they should be tumbled out of the world.

how

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From this reading But, oh! how this return, and specially this last clause of it, that the prisoners must go out to the Prince into the camp, brake all their loins in pieces!

I

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From this reading This done, each of the three prepared himself to die; (and the Recorder said unto them, ‘This was the thing that I feared;’) for they concluded that to-morrow, by that the sun went down, they should be tumbled out of the world.

in

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From this reading But, oh! how this return, and specially this last clause of it, that the prisoners must go out to the Prince into the camp, brake all their loins in pieces!

into

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From this reading But, oh! how this return, and specially this last clause of it, that the prisoners must go out to the Prince into the camp, brake all their loins in pieces!

it

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From this reading But, oh! how this return, and specially this last clause of it, that the prisoners must go out to the Prince into the camp, brake all their loins in pieces!

last

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From this reading But, oh! how this return, and specially this last clause of it, that the prisoners must go out to the Prince into the camp, brake all their loins in pieces!

loins

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From this reading But, oh! how this return, and specially this last clause of it, that the prisoners must go out to the Prince into the camp, brake all their loins in pieces!

Mansoul

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From this reading Wherefore the town of Mansoul spent that night in mourning, and sackcloth and ashes.

mourning

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From this reading Wherefore the town of Mansoul spent that night in mourning, and sackcloth and ashes.

must

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From this reading But, oh! how this return, and specially this last clause of it, that the prisoners must go out to the Prince into the camp, brake all their loins in pieces!

night

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From this reading Wherefore the town of Mansoul spent that night in mourning, and sackcloth and ashes.

no

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From this reading The whole town also counted of no other, but that, in their time and order, they must all drink of the same cup.

of

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From this reading But, oh! how this return, and specially this last clause of it, that the prisoners must go out to the Prince into the camp, brake all their loins in pieces!

oh

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From this reading But, oh! how this return, and specially this last clause of it, that the prisoners must go out to the Prince into the camp, brake all their loins in pieces!

one

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From this reading Wherefore, with one voice they set up a cry that reached up to the heavens.

order

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From this reading The whole town also counted of no other, but that, in their time and order, they must all drink of the same cup.

other

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From this reading The whole town also counted of no other, but that, in their time and order, they must all drink of the same cup.

out

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From this reading But, oh! how this return, and specially this last clause of it, that the prisoners must go out to the Prince into the camp, brake all their loins in pieces!

pieces

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From this reading But, oh! how this return, and specially this last clause of it, that the prisoners must go out to the Prince into the camp, brake all their loins in pieces!

prepared

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From this reading This done, each of the three prepared himself to die; (and the Recorder said unto them, ‘This was the thing that I feared;’) for they concluded that to-morrow, by that the sun went down, they should be tumbled out of the world.

Prince

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From this reading But, oh! how this return, and specially this last clause of it, that the prisoners must go out to the Prince into the camp, brake all their loins in pieces!

prisoners

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From this reading But, oh! how this return, and specially this last clause of it, that the prisoners must go out to the Prince into the camp, brake all their loins in pieces!

reached

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From this reading Wherefore, with one voice they set up a cry that reached up to the heavens.

Recorder

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From this reading This done, each of the three prepared himself to die; (and the Recorder said unto them, ‘This was the thing that I feared;’) for they concluded that to-morrow, by that the sun went down, they should be tumbled out of the world.

return

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From this reading But, oh! how this return, and specially this last clause of it, that the prisoners must go out to the Prince into the camp, brake all their loins in pieces!

sackcloth

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From this reading Wherefore the town of Mansoul spent that night in mourning, and sackcloth and ashes.

said

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From this reading This done, each of the three prepared himself to die; (and the Recorder said unto them, ‘This was the thing that I feared;’) for they concluded that to-morrow, by that the sun went down, they should be tumbled out of the world.

sameadjectiveUS /seɪm/

Identical; not different.

From this reading The whole town also counted of no other, but that, in their time and order, they must all drink of the same cup.

set

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From this reading Wherefore, with one voice they set up a cry that reached up to the heavens.

should

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From this reading This done, each of the three prepared himself to die; (and the Recorder said unto them, ‘This was the thing that I feared;’) for they concluded that to-morrow, by that the sun went down, they should be tumbled out of the world.

specially

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From this reading But, oh! how this return, and specially this last clause of it, that the prisoners must go out to the Prince into the camp, brake all their loins in pieces!

spent

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From this reading Wherefore the town of Mansoul spent that night in mourning, and sackcloth and ashes.

sun

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From this reading This done, each of the three prepared himself to die; (and the Recorder said unto them, ‘This was the thing that I feared;’) for they concluded that to-morrow, by that the sun went down, they should be tumbled out of the world.

that

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From this reading But, oh! how this return, and specially this last clause of it, that the prisoners must go out to the Prince into the camp, brake all their loins in pieces!

the

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From this reading But, oh! how this return, and specially this last clause of it, that the prisoners must go out to the Prince into the camp, brake all their loins in pieces!

their

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From this reading But, oh! how this return, and specially this last clause of it, that the prisoners must go out to the Prince into the camp, brake all their loins in pieces!

them

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From this reading This done, each of the three prepared himself to die; (and the Recorder said unto them, ‘This was the thing that I feared;’) for they concluded that to-morrow, by that the sun went down, they should be tumbled out of the world.

they

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From this reading Wherefore, with one voice they set up a cry that reached up to the heavens.

thing

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From this reading This done, each of the three prepared himself to die; (and the Recorder said unto them, ‘This was the thing that I feared;’) for they concluded that to-morrow, by that the sun went down, they should be tumbled out of the world.

this

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From this reading But, oh! how this return, and specially this last clause of it, that the prisoners must go out to the Prince into the camp, brake all their loins in pieces!

three

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From this reading This done, each of the three prepared himself to die; (and the Recorder said unto them, ‘This was the thing that I feared;’) for they concluded that to-morrow, by that the sun went down, they should be tumbled out of the world.

time

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From this reading The whole town also counted of no other, but that, in their time and order, they must all drink of the same cup.

to

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From this reading But, oh! how this return, and specially this last clause of it, that the prisoners must go out to the Prince into the camp, brake all their loins in pieces!

to-morrow

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From this reading This done, each of the three prepared himself to die; (and the Recorder said unto them, ‘This was the thing that I feared;’) for they concluded that to-morrow, by that the sun went down, they should be tumbled out of the world.

town

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From this reading The whole town also counted of no other, but that, in their time and order, they must all drink of the same cup.

tumbled

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From this reading This done, each of the three prepared himself to die; (and the Recorder said unto them, ‘This was the thing that I feared;’) for they concluded that to-morrow, by that the sun went down, they should be tumbled out of the world.

unto

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From this reading This done, each of the three prepared himself to die; (and the Recorder said unto them, ‘This was the thing that I feared;’) for they concluded that to-morrow, by that the sun went down, they should be tumbled out of the world.

up

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From this reading Wherefore, with one voice they set up a cry that reached up to the heavens.

voice

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From this reading Wherefore, with one voice they set up a cry that reached up to the heavens.

was

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From this reading This done, each of the three prepared himself to die; (and the Recorder said unto them, ‘This was the thing that I feared;’) for they concluded that to-morrow, by that the sun went down, they should be tumbled out of the world.

went

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From this reading This done, each of the three prepared himself to die; (and the Recorder said unto them, ‘This was the thing that I feared;’) for they concluded that to-morrow, by that the sun went down, they should be tumbled out of the world.

Wherefore

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From this reading Wherefore, with one voice they set up a cry that reached up to the heavens.

whole

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From this reading The whole town also counted of no other, but that, in their time and order, they must all drink of the same cup.

with

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From this reading Wherefore, with one voice they set up a cry that reached up to the heavens.

world

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From this reading This done, each of the three prepared himself to die; (and the Recorder said unto them, ‘This was the thing that I feared;’) for they concluded that to-morrow, by that the sun went down, they should be tumbled out of the world.

Chapter 11 of The Holy War, Made by King Shaddai Upon by John Bunyan holds 118 sentences, grouped into 24 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.

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