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  "path": "/2026/03/06/i-am-the-lord-who-says-the-king-of-persia-shall-carry-out-all-my-purpose-isaiah-44/",
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  "textContent": "Persia, Iran, the Orient — images of cruelty, despotism, oppression and suffering of the masses beneath their tyrannical overlords, extremists, bloodthirsty, unnaturally libidinous, filled with murderous rage against the modern outside world that they cannot understand, deceitful, conniving, greedy, bribers, disloyal, cowardly, servile, childish even …. that is the Orientalist view that still today pervades … Continue reading \"“I am the LORD who says the King of Persia shall carry out all my purpose” — Isaiah 44\"\n\nThe post “I am the LORD who says the King of Persia shall carry out all my purpose” — Isaiah 44 appeared first on Vridar.",
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