51 You will be weakened like a poor woman who is beaten and wounded, so that you won’t be able to receive your mighty ones and your lovers. (WEB) 52 Would I have dealt with you with such jealousy,” says the Lord, (WEB) 53 “if you had not always slain my chosen, exalting and clapping your hands, and talking about their dead when you were drunk? (WEB)
2 Esdras 15:51–53
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