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2 Esdras 8:3-5
Revised Standard Version
2 Esdras 8:3-5
Revised Standard Version
3 Many have been created, but few shall be saved.”
Ezra Again Appeals to God’s Mercy
4 I answered and said, “Then drink your fill of understanding, O my soul, and drink wisdom, O my heart![a] 5 For not of your own will did you come into the world,[b] and against your will you depart, for you have been given only a short time to live.
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- 2 Esdras 8:4 Syr: Lat let it feed on what it understands
- 2 Esdras 8:5 Syr: Latin is corrupt here
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