48 When she said to you, ‘My son died when he entered into his marriage chamber, and that misfortune befell her,’ this was the destruction that came to Jerusalem. (WEB)
2 Esdras 10:48
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2 Esdras 10:1–2
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2 Esdras 10:42–44
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