2 Esdras 10:19-21

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¹⁹ So I spoke again to her and said, ²⁰ “Do not do that, but let yourself be persuaded—for how many are the adversities of Zion?—and be consoled because of the sorrow of Jerusalem. ²¹ For you see how our sanctuary has been laid waste, our altar thrown down, our temple destroyed;^(A)