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36 Then the pit[a] of torment shall appear, and opposite it shall be the place of rest; and the furnace of hell[b] shall be disclosed, and opposite it the paradise of delight. 37 Then the Most High will say to the nations that have been raised from the dead, ‘Look now, and understand whom you have denied, whom you have not served, whose commandments you have despised! 38 Look on this side and on that; here are delight and rest, and there are fire and torments!’ Thus he will[c] speak to them on the day of judgment—

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  1. 2 Esdras 7:36 Syr Ethiop: Lat place
  2. 2 Esdras 7:36 Lat gehenna
  3. 2 Esdras 7:38 Syr Ethiop Arab 1: Lat thou shalt

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