13 excellency in the righteous surpassing that in the angels. For the first shall receive the last, those whom they were expecting, and the last those of whom they used to hear that they had passed away. (2BA) 14 For they have been delivered from this world of tribulation, And laid down the burden of anguish. (2BA) 15 For what then have men lost their life, And for what have those who were on the earth exchanged their soul? (2BA)
2 Baruch 51:13–15
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