⁵ In those days it was not safe to travel about,^(A) for all the inhabitants of the lands were in great turmoil. ⁶ One nation was being crushed by another and one city by another,^(B) because God was troubling them with every kind of distress. ⁷ But as for you, be strong^(C) and do not give up, for your work will be rewarded.”^(D)