5 Then I left the reflections I was engaged in, and answered her in anger, (WEB) 6 “You most foolish woman, don’t you see our mourning, and what has happened to us? (WEB) 7 For Zion the mother of us all is full of sorrow, and much humbled. (WEB)
2 Esdras 10:5–7
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Baruch 4:8–10
8 You forgot the everlasting God who brought you up. You also grieved Jerusalem, who nursed you. (WEB) 9 For she saw the wrath that came upon you from God, and said, “Listen, you who dwell near Zion; for God has brought upon me great mourning. (WEB) 10 For I have seen the captivi… (WEB)
2 Esdras 2:3–5
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2 Esdras 9:40–42
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Testament of Joseph 1:44–46
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Wisdom of Solomon 11:11–13
11 Yes and whether they were far off or near, they were equally distressed; (WEB) 12 for a double grief seized them, and a groaning at the memory of things past. (WEB) 13 For when they heard that through their own punishments the others benefited, they recognized the Lord. (WEB)
2 Esdras 10:11–13
11 Who then should mourn more, she who has lost so great a multitude, or you, who are grieved but for one? (WEB) 12 But if you say to me, ‘My lamentation is not like the earth’s, for I have lost the fruit of my womb, which I brought forth with pains, and bare with sorrows… (WEB)
Testament of Joseph 1:78–80
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