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Likewise also the plan of the waves of the sea, for the sand stood firm and prevented it.
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If then you were judge of these, which would you begin to justify and which to condemn?"
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I answered, "Each made a stupid plan, for land is given to the forest, and the sea is the appointed place for its waves."
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Uriel answered me: "You have judged well. So why haven't you judged well in your own case?
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As the land is given to the forest and the sea to the waves, so also only those who live on earth can understand the things that are on earth, and only those who live above the heavens can understand the things that are above the height of the heavens."