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2 Esdras 6:55-57
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
2 Esdras 6:55-57
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Why Do God’s People Suffer?
55 “All this I have spoken before you, O Lord, because you have said that it was for us that you created this world.[a](A) 56 As for the other nations that have descended from Adam, you have said that they are nothing and that they are like spittle, and you have compared their abundance to a drop from a bucket.(B) 57 And now, O Lord, these nations, which are reputed to be as nothing, domineer over us and devour us.(C)
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- 6.55 Syr Ethiop Arab 2: Lat the firstborn world
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