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2 Esdras 9:20-22
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
2 Esdras 9:20-22
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
20 So I considered my world and saw that it was lost. I saw that my earth was in peril because of the devices of those who[a] had come into it.(A) 21 And I saw and spared some[b] with great difficulty and saved for myself one grape out of a cluster and one plant out of a great forest.[c](B) 22 So let the multitude perish that has been born in vain, but let my grape and my plant be saved, because with much labor I have perfected them.
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