2 Esdras 4:16-18

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¹⁶ But the plan of the forest was in vain, for the fire came and consumed it;^{(A) 17} likewise also the plan of the waves of the sea was in vain,^[a] for the sand stood firm and blocked it.^{(B) 18} If now you were a judge between them, which would you undertake to justify and which to condemn?”