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2 Esdras 7:65-67
Revised Standard Version
2 Esdras 7:65-67
Revised Standard Version
65 Let the human race lament, but let the beasts of the field be glad; let all who have been born lament, but let the four-footed beasts and the flocks rejoice! 66 For it is much better with them than with us; for they do not look for a judgment, nor do they know of any torment or salvation promised to them after death. 67 For what does it profit us that we shall be preserved alive but cruelly tormented?
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