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2 Esdras 8:19-21
Revised Standard Version
2 Esdras 8:19-21
Revised Standard Version
19 Therefore hear my voice, and understand my words, and I will speak before thee.”
Ezra’s Prayer
The beginning of the words of Ezra’s prayer, before he was taken up. He said: 20 “O Lord who inhabitest eternity,[a] whose eyes are exalted[b] and whose upper chambers are in the air, 21 whose throne is beyond measure and whose glory is beyond comprehension, before whom the hosts of angels stand trembling
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- 2 Esdras 8:20 Or abidest for ever
- 2 Esdras 8:20 Another Latin text reads whose are the highest heavens
Revised Standard Version (RSV)
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright © 1946, 1952, and 1971 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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