²⁰ And as for you, pray that your flight to the hills will not come on the Sabbath or in the cold of winter. ²¹ For the tribulation will be unparalleled—hardships of a magnitude that has not been seen since creation and that will not be seen again. ²² Indeed the Lord God your merciful judge will cut this time of trial short, and this will be done for the benefit of the elect that some might indeed be saved—for no one could survive the depravity for very long.