1 And it came to pass when I had finished speaking the words of this prayer, that I sat there under (2BA) 2 a tree, that I might rest in the shade of the branches. And I wondered and was astonied, and pondered in my thoughts regarding the multitude of goodness which sinners who are upon the earth have rejected, and regarding the great torment which they have despised, though they knew that (2BA)
2 Baruch 55:1–2
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