2 Esdras 7:60-62
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60 So also will be the judgment[a] which I have promised; for I will rejoice over the few who shall be saved, because it is they who have made my glory to prevail now, and through them my name has now been honored. 61 And I will not grieve over the multitude of those who perish; for it is they who are now like a mist, and are similar to a flame and smoke—they are set on fire and burn hotly, and are extinguished.”
Lamentation of Ezra, with Response
62 I replied and said, “O earth, what have you brought forth, if the mind is made out of the dust like the other created things!
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- 2 Esdras 7:60 Syr Arab 1: Lat creation
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