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2 Esdras 5
2 Esdras 5:12
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At the same time shall men hope, but nothing obtain: they shall labour, but their ways shall not prosper.
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10
And shall be sought of many, and yet not be found: then shall unrighteousness and incontinency be multiplied upon earth.
11
One land also shall ask another, and say, Is righteousness that maketh a man righteous gone through thee? And it shall say, No.
12
At the same time shall men hope, but nothing obtain: they shall labour, but their ways shall not prosper.
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To shew thee such tokens I have leave; and if thou wilt pray again, and weep as now, and fast even days, thou shalt hear yet greater things.
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Then I awaked, and an extreme fearfulness went through all my body, and my mind was troubled, so that it fainted.
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