4 Now regarding everything that is, it is I that judge, but do not thou take counsel in thy soul (2BA) 5 regarding these things, nor afflict thyself because of those which have been. For now it is the consummation of time that should be considered, whether of business, or of prosperity, or of shame, (2BA)
2 Baruch 19:4–5
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2 Baruch 15:3–5
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