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24 We pass from the world like locusts, and our life is like a mist,[a] and we are not worthy to obtain mercy. 25 But what will he do for his[b] name that is invoked over us? It is about these things that I have asked.’

26 He answered me and said, ‘If you are alive, you will see, and if you live long,[c] you will often marvel, because the age is hurrying swiftly to its end.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Esdras 4:24 Syr Ethiop Arab Georg: Lat a trembling
  2. 2 Esdras 4:25 Ethiop adds holy
  3. 2 Esdras 4:26 Syr: Lat live

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