56 As for the other nations, which also come from Adam, you have said that they are nothing, and are like spittle. You have likened the abundance of them to a drop that falls from a bucket. (WEB) 57 Now, O Lord, behold these nations, which are reputed as nothing, being rulers over us and devouring us. (WEB) 58 But we your people, whom you have called your firstborn, your only children, and your fervent lover, are given into their hands. (WEB)
2 Esdras 6:56–58
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3 Maccabees 6:2–4
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Isaiah 63:18–19
18 For a short while Your people possessed Your holy place, but our enemies have trampled Your sanctuary. 19 We have become like those You never ruled, like those not called by Your name.
Lamentations 3:44–46
44 You have covered Yourself with a cloud that no prayer can pass through. 45 You have made us scum and refuse among the nations. 46 All our enemies open their mouths against us.
Prayer of Azariah 1:13–15
13 To whom thou hast spoken and promised, that thou wouldest multiply their seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand that lieth upon the seashore. (KJV) 14 For we, O Lord, are become less than any nation, and be kept under this day in all the world because of our sins. (KJV)
Greek Daniel 3:36–38
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Wisdom of Solomon 15:13–15
13 For this man, beyond all others, knows that he sins, out of earthy matter making brittle vessels and engraved images. (WEB) 14 But most foolish and more miserable than a baby, are the enemies of your people, who oppressed them; (WEB) 15 because they even considered all the idols… (WEB)
Psalms 44:10–12
10 You have made us retreat from the foe, and those who hate us have plundered us. 11 You have given us up as sheep to be devoured; You have scattered us among the nations. 12 You sell Your people for nothing; no profit do You gain from their sale.
Psalms of Solomon 17:7–9
7 They in no wise glorified Thy honourable name; They set a worldly monarchy in place of that which was their excellency; They laid waste the throne of David in tumultuous arrogance. (PSS) 8 But Thou, O God, didst cast them down, and remove their seed from the earth, In… (PSS)
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