Font Size
2 Esdras 8:45-47
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
2 Esdras 8:45-47
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
45 Surely not, O Lord[a] above! But spare your people and have mercy on your inheritance, for you have mercy on your own creation.’
Ezra’s Final Appeal for Mercy
46 He answered me and said, ‘Things that are present are for those who live now, and things that are future are for those who will live hereafter. 47 For you come far short of being able to love my creation more than I love it. But you have often compared yourself[b] to the unrighteous. Never do so!
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 2 Esdras 8:45 Ethiop Arab Compare Syr: Lat lacks O Lord
- 2 Esdras 8:47 Syr Ethiop: Lat brought yourself near
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised (NRSVA)
New Revised Standard Version Bible: Anglicised Edition, copyright © 1989, 1995 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.
Bible Gateway Recommends
Retail: $64.99
Our Price: $42.99
Save: $22.00 (34%)
Retail: $795.00
Our Price: $715.50
Save: $79.50 (10%)
Retail: $49.99
Our Price: $32.99
Save: $17.00 (34%)
Retail: $120.00
Our Price: $108.00
Save: $12.00 (10%)
Retail: $925.00
Our Price: $832.50
Save: $92.50 (10%)
Retail: $19.99
Our Price: $13.99
Save: $6.00 (30%)