2 Esdras 16:1-2

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Further Denunciations

16 Woe to you, Babylon and Asia! Woe to you, Egypt and Syria! ²Bind on sackcloth and cloth of goats’ hair,^[a] and wail for your children, and lament for them; for your destruction is at hand.

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2 Esdras 16:2 Other ancient authorities lack cloth of goats’ hair

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