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2 Esdras 5:18-20
Common English Bible
2 Esdras 5:18-20
Common English Bible
18 Arise then, and take some food so that you may not abandon us like a shepherd who leaves his flock in the power of cruel wolves.”
19 I said to him, “Leave me and don’t come near me again for seven days. After that, you will come to me.” He heard how I spoke and withdrew from me.
Second dialogue
20 I didn’t eat food for seven days, wailing and weeping, as the angel Uriel had commanded me.
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