2 Esdras 8:3-5
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3 Many have been created, but only a few shall be saved.”(A)
Ezra Again Appeals to God’s Mercy
4 I answered and said, “Then drink your fill of[a] understanding, O my soul, and drink wisdom, O my heart. 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.(B)
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