2 Esdras 4:3-5
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3 Then I said, “Yes, my lord.” And he replied to me, “I have been sent to show you three ways and to put before you three problems.(A) 4 If you can solve one of them for me, then I will show you the way you desire to see and will teach you why the heart is evil.”
5 I said, “Speak, my lord.”
And he said to me, “Go, weigh for me the weight of fire, or measure for me a blast[a] of wind, or call back for me the day that is past.”(B)
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