5 their ears that they might not hear wisdom or receive understanding. When therefore they see those, over whom they are now exalted, (but) who shall then be exalted and glorified more than they, they shall respectively be transformed, the latter into the splendour of angels, and the former shall yet (2BA)
2 Baruch 51:5
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2 Baruch 30:3–5
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Job 17:3–5
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