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) 16 For then they chose (not) for themselves this time, Which, beyond the reach of anguish, could not pass away: But they chose for themselves that time, Whose issues are full of lamentations and evils, And they denied the world which ages not those who come to it, And they rejected the time of glory, So that they shall not come to the honour of which I told thee before.' (2BA)
2 Baruch 51:14–16
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