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2 Esdras 9:38-40
Revised Standard Version
2 Esdras 9:38-40
Revised Standard Version
The Vision of a Weeping Woman
38 When I said these things in my heart, I lifted up my eyes[a] and saw a woman on my right, and behold, she was mourning and weeping with a loud voice, and was deeply grieved at heart, and her clothes were rent, and there were ashes on her head. 39 Then I dismissed the thoughts with which I had been engaged, and turned to her 40 and said to her, “Why are you weeping, and why are you grieved at heart?”
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- 2 Esdras 9:38 Syr Arab Arm: Lat I looked about me with my eyes
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