5 those prosperous cities say: 'Why hath the mighty God brought upon us this retribution?' Say thou, to them, thou and those like thee who shall have seen this evil: '(This is the evil) and retribution which is coming upon you and upon your people in its (destined) time that the nations (2BA) 6 may be thoroughly smitten. And then they shall be in anguish. And if they say at that time: (2BA)
2 Baruch 13:5–6
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