35 And honour shall be turned into shame, And strength humiliated into contempt, And probity destroyed, And beauty shall become ugliness. (2BA)
2 Baruch 48:35
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2 Baruch 70:2–4
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2 Baruch 31:4–5
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2 Baruch 21:13–15
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2 Baruch 35:4–5
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2 Baruch 44:10–11
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Testament of Judah 3:22–24
22 And the angel of God showed me that for ever do women bear rule over king and beggar alike. (T12) 23 And from the king they take away his glory, and from the valiant man his might, and from the beggar even that little which is the stay of his poverty. (T12) 24 Observe, therefore… (T12)
Job 30:14–16
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