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10 [a]The one who pleased God was loved,(A)
    living among sinners, was transported—
11 Snatched away, lest wickedness pervert his mind
    or deceit beguile his soul;(B)
12 For the witchery of paltry things obscures what is right
    and the whirl of desire transforms the innocent mind.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 4:10–11 There are allusions here to Enoch (Gn 5:21–24), who was young by patriarchal standards, and to Lot (Gn 19:10–11; 2 Pt 2:7–8). Cf. also Is 57:1–2.