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2 Esdras 8:18-20
Revised Standard Version
2 Esdras 8:18-20
Revised Standard Version
18 and[a] I have heard of the swiftness of the judgment that is to come. 19 Therefore hear my voice, and understand my words, and I will speak before thee.”
Ezra’s Prayer
The beginning of the words of Ezra’s prayer, before he was taken up. He said: 20 “O Lord who inhabitest eternity,[b] whose eyes are exalted[c] and whose upper chambers are in the air,
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- 2 Esdras 8:18 Literally but
- 2 Esdras 8:20 Or abidest for ever
- 2 Esdras 8:20 Another Latin text reads whose are the highest heavens
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