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 # like the sun when it rises in its might
 
-The people of Israel wish to be like the sun that rises because no nation's army is powerful enough to stop the sunrise.
+The people of Israel wish to be like the sun because no nation's army is powerful enough to stop the sunrise.
 
 # the land had peace