2 Esdras 13:16-18

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¹⁶ For as I consider it in my mind, alas for those who will be left in those days! And still more, alas for those who are not left! ¹⁷ For those who are not left will be sad, ¹⁸ because they understand what is reserved for the last days, but cannot attain it.