2 Esdras 15:51-53

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⁵¹ You shall be weakened like a wretched woman who is beaten and wounded, so that you cannot receive your mighty lovers. ⁵² Would I have dealt with you so violently, says the Lord, ⁵³ if you had not killed my chosen people continually, exulting and clapping your hands and talking about their death when you were drunk?^(A)