12 And every energy of youth is turning into old age and consummation. And every beauty of gracefulness of this time is turning faded and hateful, (2BA) 13 And every proud dominion of the present is turning into humiliation and shame, (2BA) 14 And every praise of the glory of this time is turning into the shame of silence, And every vain splendour and insolence of this time is turning into voiceless ruin. (2BA)
2 Baruch 83:12–14
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